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PC
2007
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14 years 9 months ago
Physically based simulation of cloth on distributed memory architectures
Physically based simulation of cloth in virtual environments is a computationally demanding problem. It involves modeling the internal material properties of the textile (physical...
Bernhard Thomaszewski, Wolfgang Blochinger
PVLDB
2008
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14 years 9 months ago
Constrained physical design tuning
Abstract Existing solutions to the automated physical design problem in database systems attempt to minimize execution costs of input workloads for a given storage constraint. In t...
Nicolas Bruno, Surajit Chaudhuri
PERSUASIVE
2010
Springer
14 years 8 months ago
Animate Objects: How Physical Motion Encourages Public Interaction
The primary challenge for information terminals, kiosks, and incidental use systems of all sorts, is that of getting the “first click” from busy passersby. This paper presents ...
Wendy Ju, David Sirkin
SYNTHESE
2011
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14 years 4 months ago
E. W. Beth as a philosopher of physics
This paper examines E. W. Beth’s work in the philosophy of physics, both from a historical and a systematic point of view. Beth saw the philosophy of physics first of all as an ...
Dennis Dieks
TOG
2012
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13 years 2 days ago
Guided exploration of physically valid shapes for furniture design
Geometric modeling and the physical validity of shapes are traditionally considered independently. This makes creating aesthetically pleasing yet physically valid models challengi...
Nobuyuki Umetani, Takeo Igarashi, Niloy J. Mitra