Impressed, Burns created an early-detection system for problem parts based on the CDC model.

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The difference is that speech detection is a megabyte problem, while machine vision is a gigabyte problem.

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Fortunately, this is not a problem in grape detection since all the plants belonging to a particular variety of grapevine are actually one individual, genetically speaking.

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These types of solutions require real-time QOS decisions, perhaps based on distributed charging models, requiring an online dialogue when the system detects a problem or opportunity to offer better QOS. Service data flow detection could also help determine the value of a particular service at a particular instant.

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The problem, says Howard Schilit, an accounting expert at Financial Shenanigans Detection Group in Key Biscayne, Fla.

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Tests of the virtual fence didn't lead to nearly as many arrests as designers had hoped, and the lag from sensor detection to transmission of an image to border agents was apparently a big part of the problem.

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