Why heat and mass transfer ................................................................................................................................1 Fundamentals of heat transfer (what is it) ..........................................................................................................2 Thermodynamics of heat transfer ............................................................

Why heat and mass transfer ................................................................................................................................1 Fundamentals of heat transfer (what is it) ..........................................................................................................2 Thermodynamics of heat transfer ............................................................

In this dissertation for the first time a theoretical foundation is developed for snow accumulation in virtual scenes. The theoretical foundation is formulated in an analytical model as diffusion equation. The analytical model leads to a group of algorithms for virtual snow accumulation. Comprehensive investigations for the modelling of natural phenomena in computer graphics in general are used...

This paper explores the possibilities of using fuzzy inference system and structural equation modelling to measure capabilities both at a theoretical and empirical level. Fuzzy set theory has been already used to measure functionings (Chiappero Martinetti 1996, 2000, Lelli 2001) while structural equation modelling has not been used till now (apart from some preliminary results on children well ...

In this paper we study analytical solutions of a fourth order partial differential equation subjected to different boundary conditions of solid modelling, and investigate the effects of various factors in the PDE and boundary conditions on the shape of the generated solids. With the proposed modelling technique, we can easily manipulate and modify the shape of the generated solid by altering a ...

We study a Fokker-Planck equation modelling the firing rates of two interacting populations of neurons. This model arises in computational neuroscience when considering, for example, bistable visual perception problems and is based on a stochastic Wilson-Cowan system of differential equations. In a previous work, the slow-fast behavior of the solution of the Fokker-Planck equation has been high...

In the last four decades there has been enormous progress in Shape from Shading (SfS) with respect to both modelling and numerics. In particular approaches based on advanced model assumptions such as perspective cameras and non-Lambertian surfaces have become very popular. However, regarding the positioning of the light source, almost all recent approaches still follow the simplest geometric co...

This project investigates the chemical master equation and its links to complex networks. The report is composed of two parts: an introduction, deriving the chemical master equation from some basic results of statistical mechanics and probability theory, and a second part, relating the formalism of master equations to growing network models and random walks on graphs. At the end of the first pa...