News tagged with modelling and simulation
Simulator computes evacuation scenarios for major events
Predicting how large numbers of visitors to major events will behave is difficult. To prevent disasters, however, the police, rescue services and event organizers have to be able to identify dangerous bottlenecks, ...
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Mar 01, 2012 |
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Astrophysicists report first simulation to create a Milky Way-like galaxy
(PhysOrg.com) -- After nine months of number-crunching on a powerful supercomputer, a beautiful spiral galaxy matching our own Milky Way emerged from a computer simulation of the physics involved in galaxy ...
Aug 29, 2011 |
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Short-term school closures may worsen flu pandemics, study finds
Closing schools for less than two weeks during a flu pandemic may increase infection rates and prolong an epidemic, say University of Pittsburgh researchers in a study published ahead-of-print and online in the Journal of ...
Dec 30, 2009 |
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The auto change bicycle
Researchers in Taiwan are designing a computer for pedal cyclists that tells them when to change gear to optimize the power they develop while maintaining comfort. The system is described in the latest issue of the International Jo ...
Jan 13, 2009 |
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