Density functional theory in Firefly is implemented for restricted, unrestricted, and restricted-open wavefunctions. For each wavefunction, energies and analytical gradients are available. Analytical Hessians are currently not available. Instead, Hessians can be calculated in a semi-numerical fashion. Double hybrid functionals are an exception – for these functionals, only energies are currentl...

As a key factor of logistics distribution, vehicle routing problem (VRP) is a hot research topic in management and computation science. In this paper the principle and algorithm process of firefly algorithm are introduced in detail. Then the algorithm process and solving steps are designed for vehicle routing problem with time windows (VRPTW), including the coding and design of disturbance mech...

Scheduling jobs on computational grids is identified as NP-complete problem due to the heterogeneity of resources; the resources belong to different administrative domains and apply different management policies. This paper presents a novel metaheuristics method based on Firefly Algorithm (FA) for scheduling jobs on grid computing. The proposed method is to dynamically create an optimal schedul...

We developed an ultrasensitive bioluminescence assay of ATP by employing (i) adenylate kinase (ADK) for converting AMP + ATP to two molecules of ADP, (ii) polyphosphate (polyP) kinase (PPK) for converting ADP back to ATP (ATP amplification), and (iii) a commercially available firefly luciferase. A highly purified PPK-ADK fusion protein efficiently amplified ATP, resulting in high levels of biol...

Cloud Computing organization deals with large scale, large amount of data, and the demand of computing power, needs to increase system investment. It is one of efficient technology that is popular now days in IT field. The paper proposes an Adaptive firefly algorithm for solving the job scheduling problem in cloud computing. The results of the algorithm were tested on cloudsim-3.0 by varying th...

Firefly luciferase adenylates and oxidizes d-luciferin to chemically generate visible light and is widely used for biological assays and imaging. Here we show that both luciferase and luciferin can be reengineered to extend the scope of this light-emitting reaction. D-Luciferin can be replaced by synthetic luciferin analogues that increase near-infrared photon flux >10-fold over that of D-lucif...

Optimum control of upstream pumping station in open channels with given constraint in downstream end is presented in this paper. The upstream control is capable of minimizing water level fluctuations in the channel in which the downstream pumping station causes an undesirable wave. The proposed method combines an unsteady non-uniform flow solver with shock-capturing capability, Fourier series a...