Cardiovascular System: Modelling and Optimization

Abstract

A conservation law is a partial di_erential equation, in which the variable is a quantity which remains constant in time, that is it cannot be created and destroyed. Thanks to the conservation laws it is possible to de_ne models able to describe real systems in which something is stored. Fluid dynamic models, which are based on them, have a wide range of applications, because they can be used to describe blood ows, tra_c evolution on street networks of big cities or on motorways of big states, data ows on telecommunication networks, ows of goods on supply chains, electric networks, etc. ... [edited by author]