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Volatility and Agent Adaptability in a Self-Organizing Market

open access: yes, 1998
We present results for the so-called `bar-attendance' model of market behavior: $p$ adaptive agents, each possessing $n$ prediction rules chosen randomly from a pool, attempt to attend a bar whose cut-off is $s$.
Arthur   +8 more
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Improving the adaptability of simulated evolutionary swarm robots in dynamically changing environments [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
One of the important challenges in the field of evolutionary robotics is the development of systems that can adapt to a changing environment. However, the ability to adapt to unknown and fluctuating environments is not straightforward.
Marchal, Kathleen   +2 more
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Chloroplast genome and haplotype relationships unravel the genetic introgression and complex evolutionary history of East Asian Rosa section Synstylae roses (Rosaceae)

open access: yesBotanical Studies
Background The section Synstylae of the genus Rosa (Rosaceae) is predominantly distributed across the Eastern Asiatic Floristic Region and is characterized by increased species diversity and natural hybrids.
Ji-Hyeon Jeon   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prediction of Hevea progeny performance in the presence of genotype-environment interaction

open access: yesBrazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2009
Twenty two open-pollinated Hevea progenies from different parental clones of the Asian origin were tested at five sites in the Northwestern São Paulo State Brazil to investigate the progeny girth growth, rubber yield, bark thickness and plant height ...
Paulo de Souza Gonçalves   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A model of downward abusive communication: exploring relationships between cognitive complexity, downward communicative adaptability, and downward abusive communication [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Thesis (M.A.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2013A model was proposed to understand the antecedents of abusive supervision. Relationships were explored between cognitive complexity, downward communicative adaptability, and downward abusive communication.
Wallace, Elizabeth Adeline
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Full-Densification of SLS Parts by Re-Melting [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Among commercially available rapid prototyping processes, SLS is the most effective in terms of adaptability of various materials. However, rapid prototyped parts by the process are always porous and the physical properties of the parts are different ...
Niino, T., Yamada, H.
core   +1 more source

The Future Evolution of Consciousness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
. What potential exists for improvements in the functioning of consciousness? The paper addresses this issue using global workspace theory. According to this model, the prime function of consciousness is to develop novel adaptive responses ...
Stewart, John E
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Comparative evaluation of predictable and unpredictable environments as backgrounds for selection to adaptive ability

open access: yesPlant Varieties Studying and Protection, 2014
The research of 122 breeding lines of winter wheat to adaptability have been carried out for three years at three points. Samples for ecological variety testing were determined which have both high and average stability and plasticity, high average yield
В. М. Стариченко
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The Value of Adaptability [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper examines a firm's ability to respond correctly to an unexpected change in the environment (i.e., its adaptability). We develop a model that allows for empirical examination of the impact of a firm's adaptability on its expected profits.
Katsuya Takii
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