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Recent work in on-line Statistical Process Control (SPC) of manufactured 3-dimensional (3-D) objects has been proposed based on the estimation of the spectrum of the Laplace-Beltrami (LB) operator, a differential operator that encodes the…
We present a new method for statistical process control (SPC) of a discrete part manufacturing system based on intrinsic geometrical properties of the parts, estimated from three-dimensional sensor data. An intrinsic method has the…
Spectral Laplacian methods, widely used in computer graphics and manifold learning, have been recently proposed for the Statistical Process Control (SPC) of a sequence of manufactured parts, whose 3-dimensional metrology is acquired with…
The spectrum of the Laplace-Beltrami (LB) operator is central in geometric deep learning tasks, capturing intrinsic properties of the shape of the object under consideration. The best established method for its estimation, from a…
We address the Statistical Process Control (SPC) of high-dimensional, dynamic industrial processes from two complementary perspectives: manifold fitting and manifold learning, both of which assume data lies on an underlying nonlinear, lower…
Spectral methods are widely used in geometry processing of 3D models. They rely on the projection of the mesh geometry on the basis defined by the eigenvectors of the graph Laplacian operator, becoming computationally prohibitive as the…
Traditional Statistical Process Control methodologies face several challenges when monitoring defects in complex geometries, such as those of products obtained via Additive Manufacturing techniques. Many approaches cannot be applied in…
We propose a new data analysis approach for the efficient post-processing of bundles of finite element data from numerical simulations. The approach is based on the mathematical principles of symmetry. We consider the case where simulations…
The scaled boundary finite element method (SBFEM) is a relatively recent boundary element method that allows the approximation of solutions to PDEs without the need of a fundamental solution. A theoretical framework for the convergence…
The discrete Laplace operator is ubiquitous in spectral shape analysis, since its eigenfunctions are provably optimal in representing smooth functions defined on the surface of the shape. Indeed, subspaces defined by its eigenfunctions have…
Evaluating the similarity of non-rigid shapes with significant partiality is a fundamental task in numerous computer vision applications. Here, we propose a novel axiomatic method to match similar regions across shapes. Matching similar…
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The goal of the Semantic Scene Completion (SSC) task is to simultaneously predict a completed 3D voxel representation of volumetric occupancy and semantic labels of objects in the scene from a single-view observation. Since the…
3D geometric shape completion hinges on representation learning and a deep understanding of geometric data. Without profound insights into the three-dimensional nature of the data, this task remains unattainable. Our work addresses this…
Partial differential equations posed on surfaces arise in a number of applications. In this survey we describe three popular finite element methods for approximating solutions to the Laplace-Beltrami problem posed on an $n$-dimensional…
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The Scaled Boundary Finite Element Method (SBFEM) is a technique in which approximation spaces are constructed using a semi-analytical approach. They are based on partitions of the computational domain by polygonal/polyhedral subregions,…
In this work a novel method for the analysis with trimmed CAD surfaces is presented. The method involves an additional mapping step and the attraction stems from its sim- plicity and ease of implementation into existing Finite Element (FEM)…