This note examines the utility of pseudorandom variables (prv) in Global Search and Optimization (GSO) using Central Force Optimization (CFO) as an example. Most GSO metaheuristics are stochastic in ...

Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary shift—driven not by genes, but by culture. "Human evolution seems to be changing ...

Abstract: Through the mechanism analysis of simple genetic algorithm (SGA), we find that every genetic operator can be considered as a linear transform. So some disadvantages of SGA may be solved if ...

Department of Intelligent Energy and Industry, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea Department of Intelligent Energy and Industry, Chung-Ang University, 84 ...

An intelligent inversion framework for soil parameters in deep excavations is established by using BIM technology, finite difference method (FDM), and nondominated sorting genetic algorithm II ...

Many 23andMe customers signed up to the genetic testing service in hopes of learning fun or interesting information about their past. But consumer advocates are now urging those users to request the ...

The IMEX schemes apply the implicit temporal method to only a small portion of the domain and use explicit calculations elsewhere, based on a convenient splitting algorithm. IMEX methods effectively ...

Alopecia refers to hair loss and can affect the scalp, eyebrows, eyelashes, and other areas of the body. There are different types of alopecia including androgenetic alopecia, alopecia areata, anagen ...

Hubspot’s SEO strategy is the talk of the SEO and marketing world today. Why? Just look at this image: Organic traffic appears to have declined sharply, dropping from 13.5 million in November to 8.6 ...

The return of the long-extinct wooly mammoth or dodo bird may sound like a storyline straight out of science fiction. It’s not. Several de-extinction projects all share an ambitious aim to resurrect ...