Combining ideas inspired by ant colonies and flocks of birds may hold the key to unlocking more effective artificial ...

Abstract: Aiming at the problem that ant colony algorithm is easy to fall into local optima and slow convergence, a multi-colony collaborative ant optimization ...

Self-report questionnaires must be psychometrically sound, but also brief and efficient to avoid participant nonresponse and fatigue, especially in the health and prevention sciences. Meta-heuristics ...

Particle flow code (PFC) is a typical discrete element method (DEM) that is commonly used to simulate the mechanical behaviour of granular materials. However, the ...

1 Department of Computer Science, Ignatius Ajuru University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. 2 Department of Computer Science, Federal University, Yenagoa, Nigeria. Adaptability and dynamicity are special ...

In today's era of rapid technological advancement, optimization algorithms play a pivotal role in solving complex problems across various domains, from engineering and finance to healthcare and ...

Ant behavior was the inspiration for the optimization technique. Image via Wiki Commons. Scientists often look to unexpected places to find inspiration for algorithms — and this is one of those ...

The shortest path problem is solved by many methods including heuristics that offer lower complexity in expense of accuracy. There are many use-cases where the lower accuracy is acceptable in return ...

WSN means for Wireless Sensor Network. WSN consists of a large number of nodes which communicates together through sensing and by monitoring the physical world. There are many application of WSN. In ...

//given some nodes, and some locations... test_nodes = {0: (0, 7), 1: (3, 9), 2: (12, 4), 3: (14, 11), 4: (8, 11) 5: (15, 6), 6: (6, 15), 7: (15, 9), 8: (12, 10), 9 ...