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High-order geometric integrators for nonadiabatic molecular quantum dynamics and their applications to explore conical intersections

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MaxwellNet: Physics-driven deep neural network training based on Maxwell's equations

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Efficient Simulation for Visual Comfort Evaluations

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Ontology-based system to support industrial system design for aircraft assembly

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Removing geometrical details from a complex domain is a classical operation in computer aided design for simulation and manufacturing. This procedure simplifies the meshing process, and it enables faster simulations with less memory requirements. But depen ...

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Adaptive analysis-aware defeaturing

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Statistical Emulation of Neural Simulators: Application to Neocortical L2/3 Large Basket Cells

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