N-ary relationships, which relate N entities where N is not necessarily two, are omnipresent in real life. In this thesis, we develop a visualization technique for N-ary relationships.
First, we propose a visual metaphor that utilizes vertices and polygons to represent entities and N-ary relationships. Based on this visual metaphor,...
A generalized modeling system was developed for digital computer
simulation of the pharmacodynamic response of selected chemicals
introduced into mammalian systems. The modeling system is based on
the compartmental approach used extensively in pharmacodynamic studies
in which the mammal is assumed to be subdivided into compartments
which interact by means...
Analysis, visualization, and design of vector fields on surfaces have a wide variety of major applications in both scientific visualization and computer graphics. On the one hand, analysis and visualization of vector fields provide critical insights to the flow data produced from simulation or experiments of various engineering processes. On...
3D symmetric tensor fields have a wide range of applications, such as in solid and fluid mechanics, medical imaging, meteorology, molecular dynamics, geophysics and computer graphics. There has been much research carried out in this field, yet our knowledge of the tensor field is still at its initial stage to...
A comparative study of three six-axis force sensors selected after an extensive literature survey is presented. A sensor to measure ground contact force at each foot of a walking machine is recommended.
Principles of force sensing are reviewed and characteristics of sensing elements are discussed. Results of simulation of three...
Merk's series solution to the momentum equation for steady
two-dimensional or axisymmetrical constant-property laminar
boundary layer flow was examined. Solutions were obtained to the
differential equations associated with the second term in the series.
Calculations using this series were made, and it was found to be unsatisfactory
because the second...
Fluid simulation is an interesting research problem with a wide range of applications including mechanical engineering, special effects in movies and games, and scientific simulation. Due to the complex nature of typical fluid flow equations, there are circumstances where a full volumetric fluid simulation may not be necessary to generate...
Asymmetric tensor fields are useful for understanding fluid flow and solid deformation. They present new challenges, however, for traditional tensor field visualization techniques such as hyperstreamline placement and glyph packing. This is because the physical behavior of tensors inside real domains where eigenvalues are real is fundamentally different from the...
Machine Vision has been extensively applied in industry.
This thesis project, which originated with a local food
processor, applies a vision system to inspection of packages
for cosmetric errors. The basic elements and theory of the
machine vision system are introduced, and some image
processing techniques, such as histogram analysis,...
Transportation infrastructure provides a vital service for the functionality of a
city. The efficient design of road networks poses an interesting topic in computer
science for digital content developers. For civil engineers, the visualization of
analysis results on infrastructure both efficiently and intuitively is crucial. The
following contributions are made...