Martin Burger: 2 books

Level Set and PDE Based Reconstruction Methods in Imaging

Cetraro, Italy 2008, Editors: Martin Burger, Stanley Osher

by Stanley Osher, Andrea C.G. Mennucci, Martin Burger
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013

This book takes readers on a tour through modern methods in image analysis and reconstruction based on level set and PDE techniques, the major focus being on morphological and geometric structures in images. The aspects covered include edge-sharpening image reconstruction and denoising, segmentation...

The Option of an Oil Tax to Fund Transportation and Infrastructure

by Keith Crane, Nicholas Burger, Martin Wachs
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2011

Federal spending on surface-transportation infrastructure outpaces federal taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel. Increasing fuel efficiency means that fuel-purchase expenditures have dropped, so real revenue generated from these taxes has declined. A percentage tax on crude oil and imported refined-petroleum products consumed in the United States could fund U.S. transportation infrastructure.