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Difference engine
Known as:
Difference machine
, Difference Engine No. 2
, Difference Engine No. II
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A difference engine is an automatic mechanical calculator designed to tabulate polynomial functions. The name derives from the method of divided…
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Characterizing the impact of diffusive and advective soil gas transport on the measurement and interpretation of the isotopic signal of soil respiration
Z. Kayler
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E. Sulzman
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W. Rugh
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A. Mix
,
B. Bond
2010
Corpus ID: 55453209
2010
2010
Photocurrent Modeling and Detectivity Optimization in a Resonant-Tunneling Quantum-Dot Infrared Photodetector
M. Naser
,
M. Deen
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D. A. Thompson
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
2010
Corpus ID: 25631180
Theoretical modeling of the photocurrent and detectivity optimization of a resonant-tunneling quantum-dot infrared photodetector…
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2006
2006
Exponential Stability of a Class of Hyperbolic PDE Models from Chemical Engineering
Thibaut Besson
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A. Tchousso
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Chengzhong Xu
Proceedings of the 45th IEEE Conference on…
2006
Corpus ID: 45804490
We study a class of dynamical systems described by symmetric hyperbolic partial differential equations (abbreviated to PDE). We…
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2003
2003
Numerical modeling of the conductive heat transfer in western Anatolia
Gökhan Göktürkler
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M. Şalk
,
C. Sarı
2003
Corpus ID: 55072447
Using the available data, the crustal temperatures were modeled along two profiles in the western Anatolia. Modeling was achieved…
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2002
2002
Stochastic Analysis of Transient Flow in Heterogeneous, Variably Saturated Porous Media: The van Genuchten–Mualem Constitutive Model
Zhiming Lu
,
Dongxiao Zhang
2002
Corpus ID: 14411479
In this study, on the basis of the van Genuchten–Mualem constitutive relationship, we develop a general nonstationary stochastic…
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2002
2002
Stochastic analysis of flow in a heterogeneous unsaturated‐saturated system
Dongxiao Zhang
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Zhiming Lu
2002
Corpus ID: 17944612
In this study we develop a stochastic model for transient unsaturated‐saturated flow in randomly heterogeneous media with the…
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2001
2001
Inverse reactive transport simulator (INVERTS): an inverse model for contaminant transport with nonlinear adsorption and source terms
B. McGrail
Environmental Modelling & Software
2001
Corpus ID: 206130158
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
The Difference Engine
William Gibson
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Bruce Sterling
1990
Corpus ID: 264602872
Composite image, optically encoded by escort-craft of the trans-Channel airship Lord Brunel: aerial view of suburban Cherbourg…
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1984
1984
A unified method for calculating engine flows
R. Johns
1984
Corpus ID: 112406160
In recent years, Multidimensional Models (MDMs) have been developed for calculating the flow and other processes in engine…
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Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
Atomic timekeeping and the statistics of precision signal generators
James Barnes
1966
Corpus ID: 110384184
Since most systems that generate atomic time employ quartz crystal oscillators to improve reliability, it is essential to…
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