Most of the proposed methods of rate-distortion optimization can be employed to allocate successive layers of quality at increasing bitrates.
Commonly, it is achieved by means of the formation of successive layers of quality that, progressively decoded, provide optimal rate-distortion representations of the image.
Finally, this literature has also examined changes in the quality of successive cohorts of immigrants (e.g. Borjas [1995]).
The use of these procedures permits one to realize an adaptive approach to processing information of a decision maker to provide successive improvment in solution quality.
If a spatial autocorrelation in quality between successive sites exists, migrants might adjust the timing of migratory progression according to conditions at sites ahead [ 52].
"A royal commission says to the world, we've got low confidence in the policies of successive governments... in the quality of our regulators, and... in the quality of our management," he said.
In 1080i, only half of the lines are displayed in each frame, but when viewed at normal speed the human eye integrates successive frames to perceive excellent quality video; however, when viewing individual frames for data extraction, quality is reduced.
The official British historian acknowledges the disappointment caused by the successful retirement of the German, Austrian and Ottoman force but he also notes the quality of the successive rearguard positions constructed during the advance, and the strength, determination and endurance of the enemy.
E. tasmanica is a multiple spawner, therefore it was possible to track egg quality and hatching success over successive spawning episodes.
It was another painful lesson of Barcelona's exquisite ruthlessness, not that City required another after five successive Champions League defeats, but the quality of the response from the home side was equally impressive.
