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34,804
Novelty Detection for Robot Neotaxis
cs.RO
The ability of a robot to detect and respond to changes in its environment is potentially very useful, as it draws attention to new and potentially important features. We describe an algorithm for learning to filter out previously experienced stimuli to allow further concentration on novel features. The algorithm uses ...
computer science
34,805
Novelty Detection on a Mobile Robot Using Habituation
cs.RO
In this paper a novelty filter is introduced which allows a robot operating in an un structured environment to produce a self-organised model of its surroundings and to detect deviations from the learned model. The environment is perceived using the rob ot's 16 sonar sensors. The algorithm produces a novelty measure fo...
computer science
34,806
On Classes of Functions for which No Free Lunch Results Hold
cs.NE
In a recent paper it was shown that No Free Lunch results hold for any subset F of the set of all possible functions from a finite set X to a finite set Y iff F is closed under permutation of X. In this article, we prove that the number of those subsets can be neglected compared to the overall number of possible subset...
computer science
34,807
Trust Brokerage Systems for the Internet
cs.CR
This thesis addresses the problem of providing trusted individuals with confidential information about other individuals, in particular, granting access to databases of personal records using the World-Wide Web. It proposes an access rights management system for distributed databases which aims to create and implement ...
computer science
34,808
Aging, double helix and small world property in genetic algorithms
cs.NE
Over a quarter of century after the invention of genetic algorithms and miriads of their modifications, as well as successful implementations, we are still lacking many essential details of thorough analysis of it's inner working. One of such fundamental questions is: how many generations do we need to solve the optimi...
computer science
34,809
A Simple Model of Unbounded Evolutionary Versatility as a Largest-Scale Trend in Organismal Evolution
cs.NE
The idea that there are any large-scale trends in the evolution of biological organisms is highly controversial. It is commonly believed, for example, that there is a large-scale trend in evolution towards increasing complexity, but empirical and theoretical arguments undermine this belief. Natural selection results in...
computer science
34,810
Increasing Evolvability Considered as a Large-Scale Trend in Evolution
cs.NE
Evolvability is the capacity to evolve. This paper introduces a simple computational model of evolvability and demonstrates that, under certain conditions, evolvability can increase indefinitely, even when there is no direct selection for evolvability. The model shows that increasing evolvability implies an acceleratin...
computer science
34,811
Recent Results on No-Free-Lunch Theorems for Optimization
cs.NE
The sharpened No-Free-Lunch-theorem (NFL-theorem) states that the performance of all optimization algorithms averaged over any finite set F of functions is equal if and only if F is closed under permutation (c.u.p.) and each target function in F is equally likely. In this paper, we first summarize some consequences of ...
computer science
34,812
Self-Replicating Machines in Continuous Space with Virtual Physics
cs.NE
JohnnyVon is an implementation of self-replicating machines in continuous two-dimensional space. Two types of particles drift about in a virtual liquid. The particles are automata with discrete internal states but continuous external relationships. Their internal states are governed by finite state machines but their e...
computer science
34,813
Why Two Sexes?
cs.NE
Evolutionary role of the separation into two sexes from a cyberneticist's point of view. [I translated this 1965 article from Russian "Nauka i Zhizn" (Science and Life) in 1988. In a popular form, the article puts forward several useful ideas not all of which even today are necessarily well known or widely accepted. Bo...
computer science
34,814
Chosen-Plaintext Cryptanalysis of a Clipped-Neural-Network-Based Chaotic Cipher
cs.CR
In ISNN'04, a novel symmetric cipher was proposed, by combining a chaotic signal and a clipped neural network (CNN) for encryption. The present paper analyzes the security of this chaotic cipher against chosen-plaintext attacks, and points out that this cipher can be broken by a chosen-plaintext attack. Experimental an...
computer science
34,815
Self-Replicating Strands that Self-Assemble into User-Specified Meshes
cs.NE
It has been argued that a central objective of nanotechnology is to make products inexpensively, and that self-replication is an effective approach to very low-cost manufacturing. The research presented here is intended to be a step towards this vision. In previous work (JohnnyVon 1.0), we simulated machines that bonde...
computer science
34,816
Amazing geometry of genetic space or are genetic algorithms convergent?
cs.NE
There is no proof yet of convergence of Genetic Algorithms. We do not supply it too. Instead, we present some thoughts and arguments to convince the Reader, that Genetic Algorithms are essentially bound for success. For this purpose, we consider only the crossover operators, single- or multiple-point, together with sel...
computer science
34,817
Evaluation de Techniques de Traitement des Refusés pour l'Octroi de Crédit
cs.NE
We present the problem of "Reject Inference" for credit acceptance. Because of the current legal framework (Basel II), credit institutions need to industrialize their processes for credit acceptance, including Reject Inference. We present here a methodology to compare various techniques of Reject Inference and show tha...
computer science
34,818
Ideas by Statistical Mechanics (ISM)
cs.CE
Ideas by Statistical Mechanics (ISM) is a generic program to model evolution and propagation of ideas/patterns throughout populations subjected to endogenous and exogenous interactions. The program is based on the author's work in Statistical Mechanics of Neocortical Interactions (SMNI), and uses the author's Adaptive ...
computer science
34,819
Advances in Self Organising Maps
cs.NE
The Self-Organizing Map (SOM) with its related extensions is the most popular artificial neural algorithm for use in unsupervised learning, clustering, classification and data visualization. Over 5,000 publications have been reported in the open literature, and many commercial projects employ the SOM as a tool for solv...
computer science
34,820
Magnification Laws of Winner-Relaxing and Winner-Enhancing Kohonen Feature Maps
cs.NE
Self-Organizing Maps are models for unsupervised representation formation of cortical receptor fields by stimuli-driven self-organization in laterally coupled winner-take-all feedforward structures. This paper discusses modifications of the original Kohonen model that were motivated by a potential function, in their ab...
computer science
34,821
Automatic Generation of Benchmarks for Plagiarism Detection Tools using Grammatical Evolution
cs.NE
This paper has been withdrawn by the authors due to a major rewriting.
computer science
34,822
Whitehead method and Genetic Algorithms
math.GR
In this paper we discuss a genetic version (GWA) of the Whitehead's algorithm, which is one of the basic algorithms in combinatorial group theory. It turns out that GWA is surprisingly fast and outperforms the standard Whitehead's algorithm in free groups of rank >= 5. Experimenting with GWA we collected an interesting...
computer science
34,823
Genetic algorithms and the Andrews-Curtis conjecture
math.GR
The Andrews-Curtis conjecture claims that every balanced presentation of the trivial group can be transformed into the trivial presentation by a finite sequence of "elementary transformations" which are Nielsen transformations together with an arbitrary conjugation of a relator. It is believed that the Andrews-Curtis c...
computer science
34,824
Cartes auto-organisées pour l'analyse exploratoire de données et la visualisation
math.ST
This paper shows how to use the Kohonen algorithm to represent multidimensional data, by exploiting the self-organizing property. It is possible to get such maps as well for quantitative variables as for qualitative ones, or for a mixing of both. The contents of the paper come from various works by SAMOS-MATISSE member...
computer science
34,825
Working times in atypical forms of employment: the special case of part-time work
math.ST
In the present article, we attempt to devise a typology of forms of part-time employment by applying a widely used neuronal methodology called Kohonen maps. Starting out with data that we describe using category-specific variables, we show how it is possible to represent observations and the modalities of the variables...
computer science
34,826
On the use of self-organizing maps to accelerate vector quantization
math.ST
Self-organizing maps (SOM) are widely used for their topology preservation property: neighboring input vectors are quantified (or classified) either on the same location or on neighbor ones on a predefined grid. SOM are also widely used for their more classical vector quantization property. We show in this paper that u...
computer science
34,827
Statistical tools to assess the reliability of self-organizing maps
math.ST
Results of neural network learning are always subject to some variability, due to the sensitivity to initial conditions, to convergence to local minima, and, sometimes more dramatically, to sampling variability. This paper presents a set of tools designed to assess the reliability of the results of Self-Organizing Maps...
computer science
34,828
Bootstrap for neural model selection
math.ST
Bootstrap techniques (also called resampling computation techniques) have introduced new advances in modeling and model evaluation. Using resampling methods to construct a series of new samples which are based on the original data set, allows to estimate the stability of the parameters. Properties such as convergence a...
computer science
34,829
Missing values : processing with the Kohonen algorithm
math.ST
The processing of data which contain missing values is a complicated and always awkward problem, when the data come from real-world contexts. In applications, we are very often in front of observations for which all the values are not available, and this can occur for many reasons: typing errors, fields left unanswered...
computer science
34,830
Consumer Profile Identification and Allocation
math.ST
We propose an easy-to-use methodology to allocate one of the groups which have been previously built from a complete learning data base, to new individuals. The learning data base contains continuous and categorical variables for each individual. The groups (clusters) are built by using only the continuous variables an...
computer science
34,831
On model selection and the disability of neural networks to decompose tasks
nlin.AO
A neural network with fixed topology can be regarded as a parametrization of functions, which decides on the correlations between functional variations when parameters are adapted. We propose an analysis, based on a differential geometry point of view, that allows to calculate these correlations. In practise, this desc...
computer science
34,832
A neural model for multi-expert architectures
nlin.AO
We present a generalization of conventional artificial neural networks that allows for a functional equivalence to multi-expert systems. The new model provides an architectural freedom going beyond existing multi-expert models and an integrative formalism to compare and combine various techniques of learning. (We consi...
computer science
34,833
Neutrality: A Necessity for Self-Adaptation
nlin.AO
Self-adaptation is used in all main paradigms of evolutionary computation to increase efficiency. We claim that the basis of self-adaptation is the use of neutrality. In the absence of external control neutrality allows a variation of the search distribution without the risk of fitness loss.
computer science
34,834
The structure of evolutionary exploration: On crossover, buildings blocks and Estimation-Of-Distribution Algorithms
nlin.AO
The notion of building blocks can be related to the structure of the offspring probability distribution: loci of which variability is strongly correlated constitute a building block. We call this correlated exploration. With this background we analyze the structure of the offspring probability distribution, or explorat...
computer science
34,835
Transmitting a signal by amplitude modulation in a chaotic network
nlin.CD
We discuss the ability of a network with non linear relays and chaotic dynamics to transmit signals, on the basis of a linear response theory developed by Ruelle \cite{Ruelle} for dissipative systems. We show in particular how the dynamics interfere with the graph topology to produce an effective transmission network, ...
computer science
34,836
From Neuron to Neural Networks dynamics
nlin.AO
This paper presents an overview of some techniques and concepts coming from dynamical system theory and used for the analysis of dynamical neural networks models. In a first section, we describe the dynamics of the neuron, starting from the Hodgkin-Huxley description, which is somehow the canonical description for the ...
computer science
34,837
Competition of Self-Organized Rotating Spiral Autowaves in a Nonequilibrium Dissipative System of Three-Level Phaser
nlin.CG
We present results of cellular automata based investigations of rotating spiral autowaves in a nonequilibrium excitable medium which models three-level paramagnetic microwave phonon laser (phaser). The computational model is described in arXiv:cond-mat/0410460v2 and arXiv:cond-mat/0602345v1 . We have observed several n...
computer science
34,838
Evolution of differentiated expression patterns in digital organisms
cs.NE
We investigate the evolutionary processes behind the development and optimization of multiple threads of execution in digital organisms using the avida platform, a software package that implements Darwinian evolution on populations of self-replicating computer programs. The system is seeded with a linearly executed anc...
computer science
34,839
Self-adaptive exploration in evolutionary search
cs.NE
We address a primary question of computational as well as biological research on evolution: How can an exploration strategy adapt in such a way as to exploit the information gained about the problem at hand? We first introduce an integrated formalism of evolutionary search which provides a unified view on different spe...
computer science
34,840
Learning about knowledge: A complex network approach
cs.NE
This article describes an approach to modeling knowledge acquisition in terms of walks along complex networks. Each subset of knowledge is represented as a node, and relations between such knowledge are expressed as edges. Two types of edges are considered, corresponding to free and conditional transitions. The latter ...
computer science
34,841
Pattern Excitation-Based Processing: The Music of The Brain
cs.NE
An approach to information processing based on the excitation of patterns of activity by non-linear active resonators in response to their input patterns is proposed. Arguments are presented to show that any computation performed by a conventional Turing machine-based computer, called T-machine in this paper, could als...
computer science
34,842
Spike timing precision and neural error correction: local behavior
cs.NE
The effects of spike timing precision and dynamical behavior on error correction in spiking neurons were investigated. Stationary discharges -- phase locked, quasiperiodic, or chaotic -- were induced in a simulated neuron by presenting pacemaker presynaptic spike trains across a model of a prototypical inhibitory synap...
computer science
34,843
Characterizing Self-Developing Biological Neural Networks: A First Step Towards their Application To Computing Systems
cs.AR
Carbon nanotubes are often seen as the only alternative technology to silicon transistors. While they are the most likely short-term one, other longer-term alternatives should be studied as well. While contemplating biological neurons as an alternative component may seem preposterous at first sight, significant recent ...
computer science
34,844
Neuromodulation Influences Synchronization and Intrinsic Read-out
cs.NE
The roles of neuromodulation in a neural network, such as in a cortical microcolumn, are still incompletely understood. Neuromodulation influences neural processing by presynaptic and postsynaptic regulation of synaptic efficacy. Synaptic efficacy modulation can be an effective way to rapidly alter network density and ...
computer science
34,845
The use of the GARP genetic algorithm and internet grid computing in the Lifemapper world atlas of species biodiversity
cs.DC
Lifemapper (http://www.lifemapper.org) is a predictive electronic atlas of the Earth's biological biodiversity. Using a screensaver version of the GARP genetic algorithm for modeling species distributions, Lifemapper harnesses vast computing resources through 'volunteers' PCs similar to SETI@home, to develop models of ...
computer science
34,846
Quantum Pattern Retrieval by Qubit Networks with Hebb Interactions
cs.NE
Qubit networks with long-range interactions inspired by the Hebb rule can be used as quantum associative memories. Starting from a uniform superposition, the unitary evolution generated by these interactions drives the network through a quantum phase transition at a critical computation time, after which ferromagnetic ...
computer science
34,847
Evolutionary Mesh Numbering: Preliminary Results
cs.NA
Mesh numbering is a critical issue in Finite Element Methods, as the computational cost of one analysis is highly dependent on the order of the nodes of the mesh. This paper presents some preliminary investigations on the problem of mesh numbering using Evolutionary Algorithms. Three conclusions can be drawn from these...
computer science
34,848
Efficient supervised learning in networks with binary synapses
cs.NE
Recent experimental studies indicate that synaptic changes induced by neuronal activity are discrete jumps between a small number of stable states. Learning in systems with discrete synapses is known to be a computationally hard problem. Here, we study a neurobiologically plausible on-line learning algorithm that deriv...
computer science
34,849
Constructing Bio-molecular Databases on a DNA-based Computer
cs.NE
Codd [Codd 1970] wrote the first paper in which the model of a relational database was proposed. Adleman [Adleman 1994] wrote the first paper in which DNA strands in a test tube were used to solve an instance of the Hamiltonian path problem. From [Adleman 1994], it is obviously indicated that for storing information in...
computer science
34,850
D-optimal Bayesian Interrogation for Parameter and Noise Identification of Recurrent Neural Networks
cs.NE
We introduce a novel online Bayesian method for the identification of a family of noisy recurrent neural networks (RNNs). We develop Bayesian active learning technique in order to optimize the interrogating stimuli given past experiences. In particular, we consider the unknown parameters as stochastic variables and use...
computer science
34,851
Emergence, Competition and Dynamical Stabilization of Dissipative Rotating Spiral Waves in an Excitable Medium: A Computational Model Based on Cellular Automata
nlin.CG
We report some qualitatively new features of emergence, competition and dynamical stabilization of dissipative rotating spiral waves (RSWs) in the cellular-automaton model of laser-like excitable media proposed in arXiv:cond-mat/0410460v2 ; arXiv:cond-mat/0602345 . Part of the observed features are caused by unusual me...
computer science
34,852
Self-organized criticality and adaptation in discrete dynamical networks
nlin.AO
It has been proposed that adaptation in complex systems is optimized at the critical boundary between ordered and disordered dynamical regimes. Here, we review models of evolving dynamical networks that lead to self-organization of network topology based on a local coupling between a dynamical order parameter and rewir...
computer science
34,853
Bayesian Inference Based on Stationary Fokker-Planck Sampling
cs.NE
A novel formalism for Bayesian learning in the context of complex inference models is proposed. The method is based on the use of the Stationary Fokker--Planck (SFP) approach to sample from the posterior density. Stationary Fokker--Planck sampling generalizes the Gibbs sampler algorithm for arbitrary and unknown condit...
computer science
34,854
Artificial Neural Network-based error compensation procedure for low-cost encoders
cs.NE
An Artificial Neural Network-based error compensation method is proposed for improving the accuracy of resolver-based 16-bit encoders by compensating for their respective systematic error profiles. The error compensation procedure, for a particular encoder, involves obtaining its error profile by calibrating it on a pr...
computer science
34,855
New Solutions to the Firing Squad Synchronization Problems for Neural and Hyperdag P Systems
cs.CE
We propose two uniform solutions to an open question: the Firing Squad Synchronization Problem (FSSP), for hyperdag and symmetric neural P systems, with anonymous cells. Our solutions take e_c+5 and 6e_c+7 steps, respectively, where e_c is the eccentricity of the commander cell of the dag or digraph underlying these P ...
computer science
34,856
Evolutionary multi-stage financial scenario tree generation
cs.NE
Multi-stage financial decision optimization under uncertainty depends on a careful numerical approximation of the underlying stochastic process, which describes the future returns of the selected assets or asset categories. Various approaches towards an optimal generation of discrete-time, discrete-state approximations...
computer science
34,857
An Energy Efficient Scheme for Data Gathering in Wireless Sensor Networks Using Particle Swarm Optimization
cs.NI
This paper has been withdrawn by the author due to a crucial sign error in equation 1
computer science
34,858
A New Metaheuristic Bat-Inspired Algorithm
math.OC
Metaheuristic algorithms such as particle swarm optimization, firefly algorithm and harmony search are now becoming powerful methods for solving many tough optimization problems. In this paper, we propose a new metaheuristic method, the Bat Algorithm, based on the echolocation behaviour of bats. We also intend to combi...
computer science
34,859
Tailored RF pulse optimization for magnetization inversion at ultra high field
cs.CE
The radiofrequency (RF) transmit field is severely inhomogeneous at ultrahigh field due to both RF penetration and RF coil design issues. This particularly impairs image quality for sequences that use inversion pulses such as magnetization prepared rapid acquisition gradient echo and limits the use of quantitative arte...
computer science
34,860
Universal algorithms, mathematics of semirings and parallel computations
math.NA
This is a survey paper on applications of mathematics of semirings to numerical analysis and computing. Concepts of universal algorithm and generic program are discussed. Relations between these concepts and mathematics of semirings are examined. A very brief introduction to mathematics of semirings (including idempote...
computer science
34,861
An Agent-based Simulation of the Effectiveness of Creative Leadership
cs.MA
This paper investigates the effectiveness of creative versus uncreative leadership using EVOC, an agent-based model of cultural evolution. Each iteration, each agent in the artificial society invents a new action, or imitates a neighbor's action. Only the leader's actions can be imitated by all other agents, referred t...
computer science
34,862
Overcoming Problems in the Measurement of Biological Complexity
cs.CE
In a genetic algorithm, fluctuations of the entropy of a genome over time are interpreted as fluctuations of the information that the genome's organism is storing about its environment, being this reflected in more complex organisms. The computation of this entropy presents technical problems due to the small populatio...
computer science
34,863
Analysis of attractor distances in Random Boolean Networks
cs.NE
We study the properties of the distance between attractors in Random Boolean Networks, a prominent model of genetic regulatory networks. We define three distance measures, upon which attractor distance matrices are constructed and their main statistic parameters are computed. The experimental analysis shows that ordere...
computer science
34,864
On the Impact of Mutation-Selection Balance on the Runtime of Evolutionary Algorithms
cs.NE
The interplay between mutation and selection plays a fundamental role in the behaviour of evolutionary algorithms (EAs). However, this interplay is still not completely understood. This paper presents a rigorous runtime analysis of a non-elitist population-based EA that uses the linear ranking selection mechanism. The ...
computer science
34,865
Ranking-Based Black-Box Complexity
cs.NE
Randomized search heuristics such as evolutionary algorithms, simulated annealing, and ant colony optimization are a broadly used class of general-purpose algorithms. Analyzing them via classical methods of theoretical computer science is a growing field. While several strong runtime analysis results have appeared in t...
computer science
34,866
On the Preliminary Design of Multiple Gravity-Assist Trajectories
math.OC
In this paper the preliminary design of multiple gravity-assist trajectories is formulated as a global optimization problem. An analysis of the structure of the solution space reveals a strong multimodality, which is strictly dependent on the complexity of the model. On the other hand it is shown how an oversimplificat...
computer science
34,867
Collective stability of networks of winner-take-all circuits
cs.NE
The neocortex has a remarkably uniform neuronal organization, suggesting that common principles of processing are employed throughout its extent. In particular, the patterns of connectivity observed in the superficial layers of the visual cortex are consistent with the recurrent excitation and inhibitory feedback requi...
computer science
34,868
Splitting method for spatio-temporal search efforts planning
cs.NE
This article deals with the spatio-temporal sensors deployment in order to maximize detection probability of an intelligent and randomly moving target in an area under surveillance. Our work is based on the rare events simulation framework. More precisely, we derive a novel stochastic optimization algorithm based on th...
computer science
34,869
Is the Multiverse Hypothesis capable of explaining the Fine Tuning of Nature Laws and Constants? The Case of Cellular Automata
nlin.CG
The objective of this paper is analyzing to which extent the multiverse hypothesis provides a real explanation of the peculiarities of the laws and constants in our universe. First we argue in favor of the thesis that all multiverses except Tegmark's <<mathematical multiverse>> are too small to explain the fine tuning,...
computer science
34,870
Predicting the Structure of Alloys using Genetic Algorithms
cs.NE
We discuss a novel genetic algorithm that can be used to find global minima on the potential energy surface of disordered ceramics and alloys using a real-space symmetry adapted crossover. Due to a high number of symmetrically equivalent solutions of many alloys a conventional genetic algorithms using reasonable popula...
computer science
34,871
Cloud-based Evolutionary Algorithms: An algorithmic study
cs.NE
After a proof of concept using Dropbox(tm), a free storage and synchronization service, showed that an evolutionary algorithm using several dissimilar computers connected via WiFi or Ethernet had a good scaling behavior in terms of evaluations per second, it remains to be proved whether that effect also translates to t...
computer science
34,872
1st International Workshop on Distributed Evolutionary Computation in Informal Environments
cs.NE
Online conference proceedings for the IWDECIE workshop, taking place in New Orleans on June 5th, 2011. The workshop focuses on non-conventional implementations of bioinspired algorithms and its conceptual implications.
computer science
34,873
Multi-Robot Organisms: State of the Art
cs.RO
This paper represents the state of the art development on the field of artificial multi-robot organisms. It briefly considers mechatronic development, sensor and computational equipment, software framework and introduces one of the Grand Challenges for swarm and reconfigurable robotics.
computer science
34,874
Collective Adaptive Systems: Challenges Beyond Evolvability
cs.ET
This position paper overviews several challenges of collective adaptive systems, which are beyond the research objectives of current top-projects in ICT, and especially in FET, initiatives. The attention is paid not only to challenges and new research topics, but also to their impact and potential breakthroughs in info...
computer science
34,875
Memristors can implement fuzzy logic
cs.ET
In our work we propose implementing fuzzy logic using memristors. Min and max operations are done by antipodally configured memristor circuits that may be assembled into computational circuits. We discuss computational power of such circuits with respect to m-efficiency and experimentally observed behavior of memristiv...
computer science
34,876
Period-halving Bifurcation of a Neuronal Recurrence Equation
cs.NE
We study the sequences generated by neuronal recurrence equations of the form $x(n) = {\bf 1}[\sum_{j=1}^{h} a_{j} x(n-j)- \theta]$. From a neuronal recurrence equation of memory size $h$ which describes a cycle of length $\rho(m) \times lcm(p_0, p_1,..., p_{-1+\rho(m)})$, we construct a set of $\rho(m)$ neuronal recur...
computer science
34,877
A Neuron Based Switch: Application to Low Power Mixed Signal Circuits
cs.ET
Human brain is functionally and physically complex. This 'complexity' can be seen as a result of biological design process involving extensive use of concepts such as modularity and hierarchy. Over the past decade, deeper insights into the functioning of cortical neurons have led to the development of models that can b...
computer science
34,878
A Multi-objective Exploratory Procedure for Regression Model Selection
stat.CO
Variable selection is recognized as one of the most critical steps in statistical modeling. The problems encountered in engineering and social sciences are commonly characterized by over-abundance of explanatory variables, non-linearities and unknown interdependencies between the regressors. An added difficulty is that...
computer science
34,879
An Implementation of Intrusion Detection System Using Genetic Algorithm
cs.CR
Nowadays it is very important to maintain a high level security to ensure safe and trusted communication of information between various organizations. But secured data communication over internet and any other network is always under threat of intrusions and misuses. So Intrusion Detection Systems have become a needful...
computer science
34,880
Paraiso : An Automated Tuning Framework for Explicit Solvers of Partial Differential Equations
cs.DC
We propose Paraiso, a domain specific language embedded in functional programming language Haskell, for automated tuning of explicit solvers of partial differential equations (PDEs) on GPUs as well as multicore CPUs. In Paraiso, one can describe PDE solving algorithms succinctly using tensor equations notation. Hydrody...
computer science
34,881
The bistable brain: a neuronal model with symbiotic interactions
nlin.CD
In general, the behavior of large and complex aggregates of elementary components can not be understood nor extrapolated from the properties of a few components. The brain is a good example of this type of networked systems where some patterns of behavior are observed independently of the topology and of the number of ...
computer science
34,882
Synthesis of Stochastic Flow Networks
cs.IT
A stochastic flow network is a directed graph with incoming edges (inputs) and outgoing edges (outputs), tokens enter through the input edges, travel stochastically in the network, and can exit the network through the output edges. Each node in the network is a splitter, namely, a token can enter a node through an inco...
computer science
34,883
Load Distribution Composite Design Pattern for Genetic Algorithm-Based Autonomic Computing Systems
cs.SE
Current autonomic computing systems are ad hoc solutions that are designed and implemented from the scratch. When designing software, in most cases two or more patterns are to be composed to solve a bigger problem. A composite design patterns shows a synergy that makes the composition more than just the sum of its part...
computer science
34,884
A new class of metrics for spike trains
cs.IT
The distance between a pair of spike trains, quantifying the differences between them, can be measured using various metrics. Here we introduce a new class of spike train metrics, inspired by the Pompeiu-Hausdorff distance, and compare them with existing metrics. Some of our new metrics (the modulus-metric and the max-...
computer science
34,885
Predator confusion is sufficient to evolve swarming behavior
cs.NE
Swarming behaviors in animals have been extensively studied due to their implications for the evolution of cooperation, social cognition, and predator-prey dynamics. An important goal of these studies is discerning which evolutionary pressures favor the formation of swarms. One hypothesis is that swarms arise because t...
computer science
34,886
Group theory, group actions, evolutionary algorithms, and global optimization
cs.NE
In this paper we use group, action and orbit to understand how evolutionary solve nonconvex optimization problems.
computer science
34,887
Eléments pour une théorie des réseaux en phase d'apprentissage
nlin.AO
This study deals with the evolution of the so called intelligent networks (insect society without leader, cells of an organism, brain...) during their apprenticeship period. The used formalism draws one's inspiration from the one of the Quantum field theory (Principle of stationary action, gauge fields, invariance by s...
computer science
34,888
Neural Networks Built from Unreliable Components
cs.NE
Recent advances in associative memory design through strutured pattern sets and graph-based inference algorithms have allowed the reliable learning and retrieval of an exponential number of patterns. Both these and classical associative memories, however, have assumed internally noiseless computational nodes. This pape...
computer science
34,889
Improvement studies on neutron-gamma separation in HPGe detectors by using neural networks
cs.NE
The neutrons emitted in heavy-ion fusion-evaporation (HIFE) reactions together with the gamma-rays cause unwanted backgrounds in gamma-ray spectra. Especially in the nuclear reactions, where relativistic ion beams (RIBs) are used, these neutrons are serious problem. They have to be rejected in order to obtain clearer g...
computer science
34,890
Convergence Analysis and Parallel Computing Implementation for the Multiagent Coordination Optimization Algorithm
math.OC
In this report, a novel variation of Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm, called Multiagent Coordination Optimization (MCO), is implemented in a parallel computing way for practical use by introducing MATLAB built-in function "parfor" into MCO. Then we rigorously analyze the global convergence of MCO by means o...
computer science
34,891
To which extend is the "neural code" a metric ?
cs.NE
Here is proposed a review of the different choices to structure spike trains, using deterministic metrics. Temporal constraints observed in biological or computational spike trains are first taken into account. The relation with existing neural codes (rate coding, rank coding, phase coding, ..) is then discussed. To wh...
computer science
34,892
Introducing numerical bounds to improve event-based neural network simulation
nlin.AO
Although the spike-trains in neural networks are mainly constrained by the neural dynamics itself, global temporal constraints (refractoriness, time precision, propagation delays, ..) are also to be taken into account. These constraints are revisited in this paper in order to use them in event-based simulation paradigm...
computer science
34,893
Semistability-Based Convergence Analysis for Paracontracting Multiagent Coordination Optimization
cs.SY
This sequential technical report extends some of the previous results we posted at arXiv:1306.0225.
computer science
34,894
Performance Measurement Under Increasing Environmental Uncertainty In The Context of Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Based Robotic Sailing
cs.RO
Performance measurement of robotic controllers based on fuzzy logic, operating under uncertainty, is a subject area which has been somewhat ignored in the current literature. In this paper standard measures such as RMSE are shown to be inappropriate for use under conditions where the environmental uncertainty changes s...
computer science
34,895
Improving Sparse Associative Memories by Escaping from Bogus Fixed Points
cs.NE
The Gripon-Berrou neural network (GBNN) is a recently invented recurrent neural network embracing a LDPC-like sparse encoding setup which makes it extremely resilient to noise and errors. A natural use of GBNN is as an associative memory. There are two activation rules for the neuron dynamics, namely sum-of-sum and sum...
computer science
34,896
Collecting Coupons with Random Initial Stake
cs.DM
Motivated by a problem in the theory of randomized search heuristics, we give a very precise analysis for the coupon collector problem where the collector starts with a random set of coupons (chosen uniformly from all sets). We show that the expected number of rounds until we have a coupon of each type is $nH_{n/2} -...
computer science
34,897
Using Intelligent Agents to Understand Management Practices and Retail Productivity
cs.NE
Intelligent agents offer a new and exciting way of understanding the world of work. In this paper we apply agent-based modeling and simulation to investigate a set of problems in a retail context. Specifically, we are working to understand the relationship between human resource management practices and retail producti...
computer science
34,898
An Agent-Based Simulation of In-Store Customer Experiences
cs.NE
Agent-based modelling and simulation offers a new and exciting way of understanding the world of work. In this paper we describe the development of an agent-based simulation model, designed to help to understand the relationship between human resource management practices and retail productivity. We report on the curre...
computer science
34,899
Solving $k$-Nearest Neighbor Problem on Multiple Graphics Processors
cs.IR
The recommendation system is a software system to predict customers' unknown preferences from known preferences. In the recommendation system, customers' preferences are encoded into vectors, and finding the nearest vectors to each vector is an essential part. This vector-searching part of the problem is called a $k$-n...
computer science
34,900
Beyond No Free Lunch: Realistic Algorithms for Arbitrary Problem Classes
cs.IT
We show how the necessary and sufficient conditions for the NFL to apply can be reduced to the single requirement of the set of objective functions under consideration being closed under permutation, and quantify the extent to which a set of objectives not closed under permutation can give rise to a performance differe...
computer science
34,901
A note on evolutionary stochastic portfolio optimization and probabilistic constraints
cs.CE
In this note, we extend an evolutionary stochastic portfolio optimization framework to include probabilistic constraints. Both the stochastic programming-based modeling environment as well as the evolutionary optimization environment are ideally suited for an integration of various types of probabilistic constraints. W...
computer science
34,902
The Computing of Digital Ecosystems
cs.DC
A primary motivation for our research in digital ecosystems is the desire to exploit the self-organising properties of biological ecosystems. Ecosystems are thought to be robust, scalable architectures that can automatically solve complex, dynamic problems. However, the computing technologies that contribute to these p...
computer science
34,903
Emergent Criticality Through Adaptive Information Processing in Boolean Networks
cs.NE
We study information processing in populations of Boolean networks with evolving connectivity and systematically explore the interplay between the learning capability, robustness, the network topology, and the task complexity. We solve a long-standing open question and find computationally that, for large system sizes ...
computer science