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Probabilistic and Bayesian methods for uncertainty quantification of deterministic and stochastic differential equations

Giacomo Garegnani

In this thesis we explore uncertainty quantification of forward and inverse problems involving differential equations. Differential equations are widely employed for modeling natural and social phenomena, with applications in engineering, chemistry, meteor ...

EPFL2021

Modeling Supply Chain Disruptions: A Network Flow Approach

René Yves Glogg

Globalization, outsourcing and cost optimization have all contributed to increased supply chain vulnerability, yet our understanding of effective mitigation strategies remains limited. In our research, we study the effects of disruptions on supply chain ne ...

EPFL2021

Data-Driven Reduced-Order Modeling of Convective Heat Transfer in Porous Media

Carlo Fiorina

This work presents a data-driven Reduced-Order Model (ROM) for parametric convective heat transfer problems in porous media. The intrusive Proper Orthogonal Decomposition aided Reduced-Basis (POD-RB) technique is employed to reduce the porous medium formul ...

MDPI2021

Algorithms for Walking Speed Estimation Using a Lower-Back-Worn Inertial Sensor: A Cross-Validation on Speed Ranges

Kamiar Aminian, Anisoara Ionescu, Abolfazl Soltani

Walking/gait speed is a key measure for daily mobility characterization. To date, various studies have attempted to design algorithms to estimate walking speed using an inertial sensor worn on the lower back, which is considered as a proper location for ac ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2021

Reaching mK-scale stability in CP-ɸOTDR over daily measurements

Luc Thévenaz, Tiago Filipe Pimentel Das Neves

We propose several processing methods to mitigate the probability of large errors in Chirped-pulse ɸOTDR, improving performances for long-term measurements. For no perturbation applied, we reach a 2 mK error after a 24 h experiment. ...

2020

Operando X-ray diffraction during laser 3D printing

Steven Van Petegem, Helena Van Swygenhoven, Nicola Casati, Samy Hocine

Laser based additive manufacturing allows to build a designed shape layer-by-layer, offering versatility and flexibility to many metallurgical sectors. The fast cooling rates and repeated heat cycles depending on the laser and scanning parameters are not e ...

2020

Adaptive isogeometric analysis on two-dimensional trimmed domains based on a hierarchical approach

Annalisa Buffa, Pablo Antolin Sanchez, Rafael Vazquez Hernandez, Luca Coradello

The focus of this work is on the development of an error-driven isogeometric framework, capable of automatically performing an adaptive simulation in the context of second- and fourth-order, elliptic partial differential equations defined on two-dimensiona ...

2020

Rapid 3-D Magnetic Integral Field Computation of Current-Carrying Finite Arc Segments With Rectangular Cross Section

Basile Kawkabani, Frédéric Michael Maurer

The computation of 3-D magnetic fields is a demanding task in the analysis of electrical machines and other electromagnetic devices. In this context, integral field calculation provides a smooth solution, high precision and resolution, "on-demand"-calculat ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2020

Compress-and-restart block Krylov subspace methods for Sylvester matrix equations

Daniel Kressner, Stefano Massei, Kathryn Dianne Lund

Block Krylov subspace methods (KSMs) comprise building blocks in many state-of-the-art solvers for large-scale matrix equations as they arise, for example, from the discretization of partial differential equations. While extended and rational block Krylov ...

2020

Combined use of airborne laser scanning and hyperspectral imaging for forest inventories

Matthew Josef Parkan

The thesis presented hereby proposes as a general objective the estimation of forest inventory parameters (e.g. trunk location, height, basal area, crown area, species, etc..) from the combination of Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS) and Hyperspectal Imaging ( ...

EPFL2019