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We address the problem of uncertainty propagation in the discrete Fourier transform by modeling the fast Fourier transform as a factor graph. Building on this representation, we propose an efficient framework for approximate Bayesian…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-09 Luca Schmid , Charlotte Muth , Laurent Schmalen

This paper provides a theoretical foundation for some common formulations of inverse problems in wave propagation, based on hyperbolic systems of linear integro-differential equations with bounded and measurable coefficients. The…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Kirk D. Blazek , Christiaan C. Stolk , William W. Symes

Wave propagation is a common occurrence in all of physics. A linear approximation provides a simpler way to describe various fields related to observable phenomena in laboratory physics as well as astronomy and cosmology, allowing us to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-07-08 Lucas T. Santana , João C. Lobato , Ribamar R. R. Reis , Maurício O. Calvão

This work describes a novel image analysis approach to characterize the uniformity of objects in agglomerates by using the propagation of normal wavefronts. The problem of width uniformity is discussed and its importance for the…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-11-10 Luciano da F. Costa , Giancarlo Mutinari , David Schubert

In this paper, phase correction and amplitude compensation are introduced to a previously developed mixed domain method (MDM), which is only accurate for modeling wave propagation in weakly heterogeneous media. Multiple reflections are also…

Medical Physics · Physics 2020-07-15 Juanjuan Gu , Yun Jing

We propose the \emph{weighted K-harmonic means} (WKHM) clustering algorithm, a regularized variant of K-harmonic means designed to ensure numerical stability while enabling soft assignments through inverse-distance weighting. Unlike…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-12-19 Gourab Ghatak

The mechanisms by which media inhomogeneity affects the three wave parametric instability (PI), including the wave number mismatch and the parameter gradients, are investigated using an approach based on the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-09-11 Taotao Zhou , Nong Xiang , Chunyun Gan , Tianyang Xia

In this paper, the WKB approximation to the scattering problem is developed without the divergences which usually appear at the classical turning points. A detailed procedure of complexification is shown to generate results identical to the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 D. Cocolicchio , M. Viggiano

Wave propagation through random continuous media remains an important fundamental problem with applications ranging from remote sensing to quantum communication. Typically, such media are characterized by smooth refractive index…

We study the coherence in time and space of electromagnetic fields propagated through complex media. Whether for localization, imaging or telecommunication, the development of dedicated numerical techniques is generally based on the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-04-21 Thomas Fromenteze , Matthieu Davy , Okan Yurduseven , Yann Marie-Joseph , Cyril Decroze

The WKB approximation of geometrical optics is widely used in plasma physics, quantum mechanics and reduced wave modeling in general. However, it is well-known that the approximation breaks down at focal and turning points. In this work we…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-08-29 Rune Højlund Marholt , Mads Givskov Senstius , Stefan Kragh Nielsen

Radio-based localization systems conventionally require stationary reference points (e.g. anchors) with precisely surveyed positions, making deployment time-consuming and costly. This paper presents an empirical evaluation of collaborative…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-21 Paul Schwarzbach , Andrea Jung

This paper presents an analytical approach of the propagation of an acoustic wave through a normally distributed disordered lattice made up of Helmholtz resonators connected to a cylindrical duct. This approach allows to determine…

Classical Physics · Physics 2009-02-06 Olivier Richoux , E. Morand , L. Simon

Mixed-resolution architectures, combining high-resolution (analog) data with coarsely quantized (e.g., 1-bit) data, are widely employed in emerging communication and radar systems to reduce hardware costs and power consumption. However, the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-29 Yaniv Mazor , Tirza Routtenberg

We consider the propagation of acoustic time-harmonic waves in a homogeneous media containing periodic lattices of spherical or cylindrical inclusions. It is assumed that the wavelength has the order of the periods of the lattice while the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-07-04 Yuri A. Godin , Boris Vainberg

This paper is concerned with developing efficient numerical methods for acoustic wave scattering in random media which can be expressed as random perturbations of homogeneous media. We first analyze the random Helmholtz problem by deriving…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-04-01 Xiaobing Feng , Junshan Lin , Cody Lorton

In view of recently demonstrated joint use of novel Fourier-transform techniques and effective high-accuracy frequency domain solvers related to the Method of Moments, it is argued that a set of transformative innovations could be developed…

Computational Physics · Physics 2024-11-11 Thomas G. Anderson , Mark Lyon , Tao Yin , Oscar P. Bruno

Eikonal, or ray tracing, methods are commonly used to estimate the propagation of radio frequency fields in plasmas. While the information gained from the rays is quite useful, an approximate solution for the fields would also be valuable,…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2010-05-20 A. S. Richardson , P. T. Bonoli , J. C. Wright

Numerous everyday situations like navigation, medical imaging and rescue operations require viewing through optically inhomogeneous media. This is a challenging task as photons, instead of traversing ballistically, propagate predominantly…

We study two-dimensional wave propagation in materials whose properties vary periodically in one direction only. High order homogenization is carried out to derive a dispersive effective medium approximation. One-dimensional materials with…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-09-16 Manuel Quezada de Luna , David I. Ketcheson