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Solid modeling based on partial differential equations (PDEs) can potentially unify both geometric constraints and functional requirements within a single design framework to mode...
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Bo Long, Xiaoyun Wu, Zhongfei (Mark) Zhang, Philip...
Many time series prediction methods have focused on single step or short term prediction problems due to the inherent difficulty in controlling the propagation of errors from one ...