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    Sentiment-Based Topic Analysis on Product Demand Prediction: Pre-Release and Post-Release Study

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Behrad, Hossein (Author) ; Aslani, Shirin (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    This thesis examines the impact of electronic word-of-mouth (e-WOM) on product demand forecasting, specifically in the context of video game consoles. This study examines the importance of emotion-based topics and their impact on demand forecasting at two stages of the product life cycle: pre-launch and post-launch. Using sentiment analysis and topic modeling, this study uncovers product sales drivers and captures evolving consumer sentiment throughout the product lifecycle. By integrating insights from diffusion theory and consumer information search theory, this research contributes to the field of demand forecasting using social media data. This research shows that by using the topics... 

    A Study of Intragroup Block-Trading Incentives on the Tehran Stock Exchange

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Behrad, Amin (Author) ; Heidari, Mehdi (Supervisor) ; Ebrahimnejad, Ali (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Using the data of the Tehran Stock Exchange, we analyze the characteristics and explanatory factors of major intra-group and out-of-group transactions and test the tunneling hypothesis in intra-group transactions. We find that out-of-group transactions can be largely explained by changes in control or management, firm size, and the type of the firm. However, intra-group transaction properties mostly depend on the difference between the parent company's cash flow rights in the buyer and seller companies. Also, in the final analysis, we conclude that many intra-group transactions are made to change the structure of the business groups, especially when investment companies buy shares of listed... 

    A proper transform for satisfying benford's law and its application to double JPEG image forensics

    , Article 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology, ISSPIT 2012, 12 December 2012 through 15 December 2012 ; 2012 , Pages 240-244 ; 9781467356060 (ISBN) Taimori, A ; Razzazi, F ; Behrad, A ; Ahmadi, A ; Babaie-Zadeh, M ; Sharif University of Technology
    2012
    Abstract
    This paper presents a new transform domain to evaluate the goodness of fit of natural image data to the common Benford's Law. The evaluation is made by three statistical fitness criteria including Pearson's chi-square test statistic, normalized cross correlation and a distance measure based on symmetrized Kullback-Leibler divergence. It is shown that the serial combination of variance filtering and block 2-D discrete cosine transform reveals the best goodness of fit for the first significant digit. We also show that the proposed transform domain brings reasonable fit for the second, third and fourth significant digits. As an application, the proposed transform domain is utilized to detect... 

    A novel forensic image analysis tool for discovering double JPEG compression clues

    , Article Multimedia Tools and Applications ; Volume 76, Issue 6 , 2017 , Pages 7749-7783 ; 13807501 (ISSN) Taimori, A ; Razzazi, F ; Behrad, A ; Ahmadi, A ; Babaie Zadeh, M ; Sharif University of Technology
    Springer New York LLC  2017
    Abstract
    This paper presents a novel technique to discover double JPEG compression traces. Existing detectors only operate in a scenario that the image under investigation is explicitly available in JPEG format. Consequently, if quantization information of JPEG files is unknown, their performance dramatically degrades. Our method addresses both forensic scenarios which results in a fresh perceptual detection pipeline. We suggest a dimensionality reduction algorithm to visualize behaviors of a big database including various single and double compressed images. Based on intuitions of visualization, three bottom-up, top-down and combined top-down/bottom-up learning strategies are proposed. Our tool... 

    Quantization-unaware double JPEG compression detection

    , Article Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision ; Volume 54, Issue 3 , 2016 , Pages 269-286 ; 09249907 (ISSN) Taimori, A ; Razzazi, F ; Behrad, A ; Ahmadi, A ; Babaie Zadeh, M ; Sharif University of Technology
    Springer New York LLC  2016
    Abstract
    The current double JPEG compression detection techniques identify whether or not an JPEG image file has undergone the compression twice, by knowing its embedded quantization table. This paper addresses another forensic scenario in which the quantization table of a JPEG file is not explicitly or reliably known, which may compel the forensic analyst to blindly reveal the recompression clues. To do this, we first statistically analyze the theory behind quantized alternating current (AC) modes in JPEG compression and show that the number of quantized AC modes required to detect double compression is a function of both the image’s block texture and the compression’s quality level in a fresh... 

    A novel forensic image analysis tool for discovering double JPEG compression clues

    , Article Multimedia Tools and Applications ; Volume 76, Issue 6 , 2017 , Pages 7749-7783 ; 13807501 (ISSN) Taimori, A ; Razzazi, F ; Behrad, A ; Ahmadi, A ; Babaie Zadeh, M ; Sharif University of Technology
    2017
    Abstract
    This paper presents a novel technique to discover double JPEG compression traces. Existing detectors only operate in a scenario that the image under investigation is explicitly available in JPEG format. Consequently, if quantization information of JPEG files is unknown, their performance dramatically degrades. Our method addresses both forensic scenarios which results in a fresh perceptual detection pipeline. We suggest a dimensionality reduction algorithm to visualize behaviors of a big database including various single and double compressed images. Based on intuitions of visualization, three bottom-up, top-down and combined top-down/bottom-up learning strategies are proposed. Our tool... 

    A part-level learning strategy for JPEG image recompression detection

    , Article Multimedia Tools and Applications ; Volume 80, Issue 8 , 2021 , Pages 12235-12247 ; 13807501 (ISSN) Taimori, A ; Razzazi, F ; Behrad, A ; Ahmadi, A ; Babaie Zadeh, M ; Sharif University of Technology
    Springer  2021
    Abstract
    Recompression is a prevalent form of multimedia content manipulation. Different approaches have been developed to detect this kind of alteration for digital images of well-known JPEG format. However, they are either limited in performance or complex. These problems may arise from different quality level options of JPEG compression standard and their combinations after recompression. Inspired from semantic and perceptual analyses, in this paper, we suggest a part-level middle-out learning strategy to detect double compression via an architecturally efficient classifier. We first demonstrate that singly and doubly compressed data with different JPEG coder settings lie in a feature space... 

    Calculation of the Energy Release Rate of Nano-Cracks in FCC Materials Via the Many Body Atomic Scale FEM

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Ostad Hossein, Alireza (Author) ; Mohammadi Shodja, Hossein (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Since the classical continuum theory fails to deal with the problems associated with defects, stress concentrators, and relevant deformation phenomena in solids, alternative approaches that can detect the atomistic nature of materials' fracture are required. The deficiency of the capture the size effect which yields delusively high values for some components of the stress field right on the edge of the stress concentrators, and its weakness in describing the complex interaction between small inhomogeneities, cracks and the like when they are only a few nanometers apart, are among some of the disadvantages of the classical approach. In recent years, however, atomistic methods are emerging to... 

    Semisolid Stir Joining of As-Cast Silicon-Aluminum Bronze

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Ferasat, Keyvan (Author) ; Kokabi, Amir Hossein (Supervisor) ; Ashuri, Hossein (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Aluminum Bronzes have many applications in marine environments. These alloys suffer from both hot cracking and cold cracking. In order to overcome the hot cracking and cold cracking, Semisolid Stir Joining method and a proper thermal cycle was used respectively. Effects of temperature, stirring rate, and tool type were investigated in Semisolid Stir joining method. In this method, butt joint design was used in order to place specimens, and the specimens were heated up to specific temperatures (920, 925, 930°C). A stirrer (Cylindrical and Grooved tool) with three rotational speeds (800, 1200, 1600 RPM) was introduced into the stir weld seam. Welded specimens were cooled to the 900°C... 

    The Study of Eliminating Gender Gap in Iran Labor Market on Participation Rate of Married Urban Women

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Asghari, Fatemeh (Author) ; Rahmati, Mohammad Hossein (Supervisor) ; Joshaghani, Hossein (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    The low female labor force participation rate in the Iranian labor market relative to the global average and even to countries that do not differ significantly from the socio-economic characteristics of our country is one of the important questions of the Iranian labor market. In this study, we seek to answer the question of whether the economic participation rate of married women will increase if the gender gaps in wages, job findings and job losses among women and men are eliminated in the Iranian labor market. To answer this question using household expenditure and income data and labor force data, we show that between the two categories of occupations, in terms of the share of women's... 

    Graph homomorphisms through random walks [electronic resource]

    , Article Journal of Graph Theory ; 2003, Volume 44, Issue 1, pages 15–38 Daneshgar, A. (Amir) ; Hajiabolhassan, Hossein ; Sharif University of Technology
    Abstract
    In this paper we introduce some general necessary conditions for the existence of graph homomorphisms, which hold in both directed and undirected cases. Our method is a combination of Diaconis and Saloff–Coste comparison technique for Markov chains and a generalization of Haemers interlacing theorem. As some applications, we obtain a necessary condition for the spanning subgraph problem, which also provides a generalization of a theorem of Mohar (1992) as a necessary condition for Hamiltonicity. In particular, in the case that the range is a Cayley graph or an edge-transitive graph, we obtain theorems with a corollary about the existence of homomorphisms to cycles. This, specially, provides... 

    Unique list-colourability and the fixing chromatic number of graphs [electronic resource]

    , Article Discrete Applied Mathematics ; Volume 152, Issues 1–3, 1 November 2005, Pages 123–138 Daneshgar, A. (Amir) ; Hajiabolhassan, Hossein ; Sharif University of Technology
    Abstract
    In this paper we introduce a chromatic parameter, called the fixing chromatic number, which is related to unique colourability of graphs, in the sense that it measures how one can embed the given graph G in G∪Kt by adding edges between G and Kt to make the whole graph uniquely t-colourable. We study some basic properties of this parameter as well as its relationships to some other well-known chromatic numbers as the acyclic chromatic number. We compute the fixing chromatic number of some graph products by applying a modified version of the exponential graph construction  

    Circular colouring and algebraic no-homomorphism theorems

    , Article European Journal of Combinatorics ; Volume 28, Issue 6, August 2007, Pages 1843–1853 Daneshgar, A. (Amir) ; Hajiabolhassan, Hossein ; Sharif University of Technology
    Abstract
    In this paper, we apply some new algebraic no-homomorphism theorems in conjunction with some new chromatic parameters to estimate the circular chromatic number of graphs. To show the applicability of the general results, as a couple of examples, we generalize a well known inequality for the fractional chromatic number of graphs and we also show that the circular chromatic number of the graph obtained from the Petersen graph by excluding one vertex is equal to 3. Also, we focus on the Johnson–Holroyd–Stahl conjecture about the circular chromatic number of Kneser graphs and we propose an approach to this conjecture. In this regard, we introduce a new related conjecture on Kneser graphs and we... 

    Density and power graphs in graph homomorphism problem

    , Article Discrete Mathematics ; Volume 308, Issue 17, 6 September 2008, Pages 4027–4030 Daneshgar, A. (Amir) ; Hajiabolhassan, Hossein ; Sharif University of Technology
    Abstract
    We introduce two necessary conditions for the existence of graph homomorphisms based on the concepts of density and power graph. As corollaries, we obtain a lower bound for the fractional chromatic number, and we set forward elementary proofs of the facts that the circular chromatic number of the Petersen graph is equal to three and the fact that the Coxeter graph is a core  

    Temperature dependence study of nonocontact AFM images using molecular dynamics simulations [electronic resource]

    , Article Int. Journal of Modern Physics ; 2012, Vol. 5, pp. 418-432 Nejat Pishkenari, H. (Hossein) ; Meghdar, Ali ; Sharif University of Technology
    Abstract
    The effect of temperature on the noncontact atomic force microscopy (NC-AFM) surface imaging is investigated with the aid of molecular dynamics (MD) analysis based on the Sutton-Chen (SC) interatomic potential. Particular attention is devoted to the tip and sample flexibility at different temperatures. When a gold coated probe is brought close to the Au (001) surface at high temperatures, the tip and surface atoms are pulled together and their distance becomes smaller. The tip and sample atoms displacement varies in the different environment temperatures and this leads to the different interaction forces. Along this line, to study the effect of temperature on the resulting images, we have... 

    Developing an Analytical Model for Predicting the Residual Stresses Induced by Shot Peening with Considering the Effect of Initial Surface Treatment

    , Ph.D. Dissertation Sharif University of Technology Sherafatnia, Khalil (Author) ; Farrahi, Gholam Hossein (Supervisor) ; Mahmoudi, Amir Hossein (Co-Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Shot peening is a cold-working process commonly used in industry to improve the fatigue performance, stress corrosion resistance and surface nano-crystallization of metallic parts. This process extends fatigue life via two mechanisms: Preventing the crack growth due to compressive residual stresses and, preventing the crack initiation because of increased material hardness. These mechanisms are the results of the bombardment of the component's surface with small spherical particles. In this research, an analytical model is developed for estimating the residual stress distribution induced by shot peening process. The modifications of the developed analytical model are related to... 

    Evaluating Reliability of SSDs Against Power Outage

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology (Author) ; Asadi, Hossein (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Solid-State Drives (SSDs) provide high performance, low power consumption, and hence are widely used in the I/O cache of enterprise storage systems and high performance servers. Although employing high performance SSDs in the I/O cache of storage systems significantly improves system performance, it comes with significant reliability threats for write operations upon power failures. In order to provide high level of reliability, storage architectures employ SSDs in I/O cache with RAID-1 configuration, however, such configuration only partially mitigates the reliability issues of the SSDs. In this thesis, we analyze the reliability of SSD-based I/O caches against power outage and high... 

    On the isoperimetric spectrum of graphs and its approximations [electronic resource]

    , Article Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series B ; Volume 100, Issue 4, July 2010, Pages 390–412 Daneshgar, A. (Amir) ; Hajiabolhassan, Hossein ; Javadi, Ramin ; Sharif University of Technology
    Abstract
    In this paper1 we consider higher isoperimetric numbers of a (finite directed) graph. In this regard we focus on the nth mean isoperimetric constant of a directed graph as the minimum of the mean outgoing normalized flows from a given set of n disjoint subsets of the vertex set of the graph. We show that the second mean isoperimetric constant in this general setting, coincides with (the mean version of) the classical Cheeger constant of the graph, while for the rest of the spectrum we show that there is a fundamental difference between the nth isoperimetric constant and the number obtained by taking the minimum over all n-partitions. In this direction, we show that our definition is the... 

    Using Structural Language Modeling in Continous Speech Recognition Systems

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology SheikhShab, Golnar (Author) ; Sameti, Hossein (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Language model is one of the most important parsts of an automated speech recognition system whiche incorporates the knowledge of Natural Language to the system to improve its accuracy. Conventionally used language model in recognition systems is ngram which usually is extracted from a large corpus using related frequency method. ngram model approximates the probability of a word sequence by multiplying its ngram probabilities and thus does not take into account the long distance dependencies. So, syntactic language models could be of interest. In this research after probing different syntactic language models, a mehtod for re-estimating ngram model, introduced by Stolcke in 1994, was...