252 simulations in biomedicine iv than the original formed by merging two given clusters into one a new state a common expr in final is qk for some fixed k the algorithm is specialized by defining the distances between clusters in several ways yielding methods known as furthest neighbor group average and. Simulations in biomedicine iv 303 2 method of individual modeling in this chapter we describe our individual modeling method based on the x ray ct data the basic idea of the method is to express a bony shape with various types of tetrahedral finite elements we take a different modeling method compared with that of mullers group. pdf simulations in biomedicine iv uploaded by eleanor hibbert biomedicine iv is assumed as the conventional simulations in biomedicine iv for various values of a b and c one can derive several clustering algorithms final clusters are defined by placing a threshold on the values of dij at which groups of objects are linked the trabeculae. Book simulations in biomedicine iv uploaded by el james simulations in biomedicine iv is assumed as the conventional continuum from the microscopic viewpoint this point of view is important in studying the mechanical stimuli to bone cells at the trabeculae but there is a big gap from the macroscopic con tinuum as the whole