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We develop a cut finite element method (CutFEM) for convection-diffusion problems posed on mixed-dimensional domains, i.e., unions of manifolds of different dimensions arranged in a hierarchical structure where lower-dimensional components…

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In this paper, a pore-scale network modeling method, based on the flow continuity residual in conjunction with a Newton-Raphson non-linear iterative solving technique, is proposed and used to obtain the pressure and flow fields in a network…

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Gradient-tracking (GT) based decentralized methods have emerged as an effective and viable alternative method to decentralized (stochastic) gradient descent (DSGD) when solving distributed online stochastic optimization problems. Initial…

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The fractional advection-dispersion equation (FADE) has attracted increased attention from researchers as it provides an accurate description for challenging phenomenas with long-range time memory and spatial interactions, such as the…

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Stein Variational Gradient Descent (SVGD) is a highly efficient method to sample from an unnormalized probability distribution. However, the SVGD update relies on gradients of the log-density, which may not always be available. Existing…

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Infrared and visible image fusion (IVIF) is essential for integrating thermal saliency with textural details to support downstream perception. However, most existing approaches suffer from "semantic blindness," leading to the erroneous…

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