Diffusion is the net movement of anything (for example, atoms, ions, molecules, energy) generally from a region of higher concentration to a region of...
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In machine learning, diffusion models, also known as diffusion-based generative models or score-based generative models, are a class of latent variable...
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Diffusion of innovations is a theory that seeks to explain how, why, and at what rate new ideas and technology spread. The theory was popularized by Everett...
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Stable Diffusion is a deep learning, text-to-image model released in 2022 based on diffusion techniques. The generative artificial intelligence technology...
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Look up diffusion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Diffusion is a time-dependent random process causing a spread in space. Diffusion may also refer...
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Fick's laws of diffusion describe diffusion and were first posited by Adolf Fick in 1855 on the basis of largely experimental results. They can be used...
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Jump diffusion is a stochastic process that involves jumps and diffusion. It has important applications in magnetic reconnection, coronal mass ejections...
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Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI or DW-MRI) is the use of specific MRI sequences as well as software that generates images from the...
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Molecular diffusion is the motion of atoms, molecules, or other particles of a gas or liquid at temperatures above absolute zero. The rate of this movement...
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A diffusion barrier is a thin layer (usually micrometres thick) of metal usually placed between two other metals. It is done to act as a barrier to protect...
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In cultural anthropology and cultural geography, cultural diffusion, as conceptualized by Leo Frobenius in his 1897/98 publication Der westafrikanische...
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In business, diffusion is the process by which a new idea or new product is accepted by the market. The rate of diffusion is the speed with which the new...
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Ambipolar diffusion is diffusion of positive and negative particles with opposite electrical charge (such as electrons and positive ions) due to their...
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Reaction–diffusion systems are mathematical models that correspond to several physical phenomena. The most common is the change in space and time of the...
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The Latent Diffusion Model (LDM) is a diffusion model architecture developed by the CompVis (Computer Vision & Learning) group at LMU Munich. Introduced...
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Gaseous diffusion is a technology that was used to produce enriched uranium by forcing gaseous uranium hexafluoride (UF6) through microporous membranes...
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Diffusion of responsibility is a sociopsychological phenomenon whereby a person is less likely to take responsibility for action or inaction when other...
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The convection–diffusion equation is a parabolic partial differential equation that combines the diffusion and convection (advection) equations. It describes...
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Anomalous diffusion is a diffusion process with a non-linear relationship between the mean squared displacement (MSD), ⟨ r 2 ( τ ) ⟩ {\displaystyle \langle...
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In cryptography, confusion and diffusion are two properties of a secure cipher identified by Claude Shannon in his 1945 classified report A Mathematical...
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The diffusion equation is a parabolic partial differential equation. In physics, it describes the macroscopic behavior of many micro-particles in Brownian...
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The diffusion of plasma across a magnetic field was conjectured to follow the Bohm diffusion scaling as indicated from the early plasma experiments of...
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Sound diffusion (sometimes referred to simply as 'diffusion') is a performance practice in the field of acousmatic music. According to composer and theorist...
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In image processing and computer vision, anisotropic diffusion, also called Perona–Malik diffusion, is a technique aiming at reducing image noise without...
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Diffusion maps is a dimensionality reduction or feature extraction algorithm introduced by Coifman and Lafon which computes a family of embeddings of...
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The Bass model or Bass diffusion model was developed by Frank Bass. It consists of a simple differential equation that describes the process of how new...
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Diffusion-limited aggregation (DLA) is the process whereby particles undergoing a random walk due to Brownian motion cluster together to form aggregates...
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Facilitated diffusion (also known as facilitated transport or passive-mediated transport) is the process of spontaneous passive transport (as opposed...
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Diffusion pumps use a high speed jet of vapor to direct gas molecules in the pump throat down into the bottom of the pump and out the exhaust. They were...
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and statistics, diffusion processes are a class of continuous-time Markov process with almost surely continuous sample paths. Diffusion process is stochastic...
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