The overall goal is to identify and understand the physical processes that shape and change coastal environments. Emphasis is on the application of remotely sensed signals that can be compared with in situ observations and assimilated within predictive models. In tidal flat environments, the major goals are to detect geotechnical properties (e.g., sediment strength), morphologic features (e.g.,...

Evidence from the anthropological record indicates that in most human societies, parents control the mating access to their offspring. Based on these data, a model of sexual selection has been recently proposed, whereby along with female and male choice, parental choice constitutes a significant sexual selection force in our species. This model was found to provide a good account for the mating...

The following paper presents the results of modelling of the magnetic characteristics of isotropic (Ni–Zn ferrite) and anisotropic material (Fe40Ni38Mo4B18 amorphous alloy in as quenched state), both useful for sensor applications. For the modelling an extended Jiles–Atherton model was used. Extension of the model connects model’s parameter k, describing average energy required to break pinning...

Modelling nonlinear systems is a hot research topic! The main reason for this is that most real-life phenomena are inherently nonlinear in nature. This work focuses on the modelling of nonlinear block-oriented systems which have the advantage of giving the user some physical insight into the system under test. We start from the well-established linear modelling framework by using the Best Linea...

Enterprise modelling (EM) is concerned with discovering, structuring and representing domain knowledge pertaining to different aspects of an organization. Participative EM, in particular, is a useful approach to eliciting this knowledge from domain experts with different backgrounds. In related work, tangible modelling – modelling with physical objects – has been identified as beneficial for gr...

In this paper we present the first investigation into the implementation of a Functional Hybrid Modelling language for non-causal modelling and simulation of physical systems. In particular, we present a simple way to handle connect constructs: a facility for composing model fragments present in some form in most non-causal modelling languages. Our implementation is realised as a domain-specifi...

ions, idealisations, and approximations are made in modelling physical systems. This paper will not tackle such issues.

Any successful company must react quickly to changing trends in the market. New products should be designed and manufactured quicker and cheaper than counter partners do. A shorter design time provides a distinct competitive advantage. The paper describes two approaches towards designing interdisciplinary mechatronic systems: the first is visual modelling with the UML, the second is physical mo...

In geotechnical engineering, rock mechanics and engineering geology, depending on the project design, uniaxial strength and static Youngchr('39')s modulus of rocks are of vital importance. The direct determination of the aforementioned parameters in the laboratory, however, requires intact and high-quality cores and preparation of their specimens have some limitations. Moreover, performing thes...

Socio-technical models are models that represent social as well as technical elements of the modeling subject, where the technical part consists of both physical and digital elements. Examples are enterprise models and models of the target of assessment used in risk assessment. Constructing and validating these models often implies a challenging task of extracting and integrating information fr...