Aiming at the shortcomings of Harris hawks optimization algorithm (HHO), such as poor initial population diversity, slow convergence speed, local ability, and easily falling into optimum, a (CCCHHO) integrating multiple mechanisms is proposed. First, diversity enhanced by initialization chaotic method. Second, cosine function used to better simulate characteristics periodic change energy prey i...

This paper proposes ant-inspired strategies for self-organized and decentralized collective decision-making in computing systems which employ reconfigurable units. The particular principles used for the design of these strategies are inspired by the house-hunting of the ant Temnothorax albipennis. The considered computing system consists of two types of units: so-called worker units that are ab...

This article describes Ant Systems a meta heuristic based on an ant foraging metaphor The presentation of Ant Systems has been somewhat generalized by adding a Queen process in charge of co ordinating classi cal Ant processes so that recent Ant Systems can be naturally included while remaining close to the metaphor To illustrate how Ant Systems are practically implemented a number of applicatio...

Three ant species nest obligately in the swollen-thorn domatia of the African ant-plant Vachellia (Acacia) drepanolobium, a model system for the study of ant-defence mutualisms and species coexistence. Here we report on the characteristic fungal communities generated by these ant species in their domatia. First, we describe behavioural differences between the ant species when presented with a c...

Objective: Within the knowledge based economy, talents are known as a strategic talent in order to achieve sustainable competitive advantage as well as a criterion for growth in different organizational and social level. Thus, in recent studies, talent management architecture has emphasized on exploring and identifying talents in different fields. Accordingly, the present study aimed to provide...

In this paper we apply the concept of parallel processing to enhance the performance of the Ant Colony System algorithm. New exchange strategies based on a weighting scheme are introduced under three different types of interactions. A search assessment technique based on a team consensus methodology is developed to study the influence of these strategies on the search behavior. This technique d...

Soccer players are required to anticipate and react continuously in a changing, relatively unpredictable situation in the field. Cognitive functions might be important to be successful in soccer. The current study investigated the relationship between cognitive functions and performance level in elite and sub-elite youth soccer players aged 13-17 years. A total of 47 elite youth soccer players ...

Yelp is one of the largest online searching and reviewing systems for kinds of businesses, including restaurants, shopping, home services et al. Analyzing the real world data from Yelp is valuable in acquiring the interests of users, which helps to improve the design of the next generation system. This paper targets the evaluation of Yelp dataset, which is provided in the Yelp data challenge. A...

During this period, four successive regimes in Bangladesh have felt reluctantly compelled to set up structures for local participation in government. Each found it had to reach out beyond the support of urban and rural elites and the military if it was to move beyond mere stability to real development of the country. Despite many problems. most notably local elite takeover at local level and mi...

Research Highlights and Abstract Building on recent efforts to bridge the elites/events dichotomy in the wartime opinion literature, we test the explanatory power of, and offer a theoretical extension to, the elasticity of reality hypothesis using the case of British support for the war in Afghanistan from 2001 through 2010. Marshaling an array of aggregate, individual-level and experimental su...