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A Slime Mold-Ant Colony Fusion Algorithm for Solving Traveling Salesman Problem

IEEE Access, 2020
The Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) is easy to fall into the local optimum and its convergence speed is slow in solving the Travelling Salesman Problem (TSP). Therefore, a Slime Mold-Ant Colony Fusion Algorithm (SMACFA) is proposed in this paper.
Meijiao Liu, Yanhui Li, Ang Li, Qi Huo, Ning Zhang, Nan Qu, Mingchao Zhu, Liheng Chen   +7 more
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Exploiting Environmental Computation in a Multi-Agent Model of Slime Mould

, 2015
Very simple organisms, such as the single-celled amoeboid slime mould Physarum polycephalum possess no neural tissue yet, despite this, are known to exhibit complex biological and computational behaviour.
Jones, Jeff
core   +1 more source

Engineered Protein‐Based Ionic Conductors for Sustainable Energy Storage Applications

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Rational incorporation of charged residues into an engineered, self‐assembling protein scaffold yields solid‐state protein films with outstanding ionic conductivity. Salt‐doping further enhances conductivity, an effect amplified in the engineered variants. These properties enable the material integration into an efficient supercapacitor.
Juan David Cortés‐Ossa, Paolo Blesio, Marcial Fernandez‐Castro, Lisa Almonte, Maxence Fernandez, Mantas Liutkus, Perumal Pandurangan, Carlos Sabater, Aitor Villaverde, Manuel Melle‐Franco, Nurit Ashkenasy, Felipe Jiménez‐Ángeles, M. Carmen Morant‐Miñana, M. Reyes Calvo, Aitziber L. Cortajarena   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mistletoe‐ and Mussel‐Inspired Fabrication of Hierarchically Structured Protein‐Cellulose Scaffolds From Biomolecular Condensates

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Merging materials processing tricks inspired by mussel and mistletoe fiber fabrication, solutions of cationic mussel byssus proteins were mixed with modified anionic nanocrystalline cellulose, producing distinctive core‐shell condensates. Simple processing of condensate suspensions using freeze‐drying produced hierarchically structured porous protein ...
Hamideh R. Alanagh, Seyed Mohammad Amin Ojagh, Arman Jafari, Xinyu Zhan, Tara Sprules, Alexandre Poulhazan, Houman Savoji, Adam G. Hendricks, Theo G.M. van de Ven, Matthew J. Harrington   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

NEFI: Network Extraction From Images

, 2015
Networks and network-like structures are amongst the central building blocks of many technological and biological systems. Given a mathematical graph representation of a network, methods from graph theory enable a precise investigation of its properties.
Dirnberger, Michael, Kehl, Tim, Neumann, Adrian   +2 more
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The Future of Research in Cognitive Robotics: Foundation Models or Developmental Cognitive Models?

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Research in cognitive robotics founded on principles of developmental psychology and enactive cognitive science would yield what we seek in autonomous robots: the ability to perceive its environment, learn from experience, anticipate the outcome of events, act to pursue goals, and adapt to changing circumstances without resorting to training with ...
David Vernon
wiley   +1 more source

A Two-Way Parallel Slime Mold Algorithm by Flow and Distance for the Travelling Salesman Problem

Applied Sciences, 2020
In order to solve the problem of poor local optimization of the Slime Mold Algorithm (SMA) in the Travelling Salesman Problem (TSP), a Two-way Parallel Slime Mold Algorithm by Flow and Distance (TPSMA) is proposed in this paper. Firstly, the flow between
Meijiao Liu, Yanhui Li, Qi Huo, Ang Li, Mingchao Zhu, Nan Qu, Liheng Chen, Mingyi Xia   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Improved Slime Mold Algorithm with Dynamic Quantum Rotation Gate and Opposition-Based Learning for Global Optimization and Engineering Design Problems

Algorithms, 2022
The slime mold algorithm (SMA) is a swarm-based metaheuristic algorithm inspired by the natural oscillatory patterns of slime molds. Compared with other algorithms, the SMA is competitive but still suffers from unbalanced development and exploration and ...
Yunyang Zhang, Shiyu Du, Quan Zhang
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Principals' Leadership Content Knowledge in STEM contexts

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In this paper we consider the nature of school principals' leadership content knowledge (LCK) for STEM subjects and for integrated STEM. We present a conceptualisation of STEM LCK based on aspects of principals' STEM capability and consideration of the differences between LCK and pedagogical content knowledge.
Kim Beswick, Vince Geiger, Sharon Fraser
wiley   +1 more source

Are physiological oscillations physiological?

The Journal of Physiology, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract figure legend Mechanisms and functions of physiological oscillations. Abstract Despite widespread and striking examples of physiological oscillations, their functional role is often unclear. Even glycolysis, the paradigm example of oscillatory biochemistry, has seen questions about its oscillatory function.
Lingyun (Ivy) Xiong, Alan Garfinkel
wiley   +1 more source