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Showing 1 to 20 of 95 for “"search strategies"”.
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Search Strategies in Holistic Design Problems
The research examines the search process of holistic design in three cases that differ markedly in their complexity, namely graphical design, small household appliance design, and automotive design. Design, as a creative activity, employs a search process because solutions cannot be found by …
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Combining search strategies for distributed constraint satisfaction.
… can be classified as either systematic or local search with the former being complete and the latter incomplete. The algorithms generally assume that each agent has only one variable as they can solve DisCSP with CLPs using virtual agents. However, in large DisCSPs where it is appropriate to …
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Memory Enhances Search Strategies During Odor-Guided Foraging
Odor-guided searches are notoriously difficult due to the sparse and intermittent nature of odor plumes. However, rodents can adaptively modify their search strategy using internal representations of their dynamic environment. This allows for selecting the optimal strategy for making use of complex …
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Use of search strategies in nursing clinical inference
The study examined the use of systematic search strategies and instantiation activities used by nurses in the formation of the minor premise in nursing clinical inference. Sarbin's Clinical Inference and Cognitive Theory (1960) served as the theoretical framework for the study. The following …
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Electrosensory-based Search Strategies In Weakly Electric Fish
… and other important resources. The particular strategies used during exploratory behaviours depend on a variety of factors including context, personality traits and natural ecology. Weakly electric fish rely specifically on a short-range electric sense to search and locate objects in their …
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Combinatorial search strategies for the metabolic engineering of microorganisms
… by utilizing several common rational engineering strategies to both deregulate and increase the flux through the aromatic amino acid biosynthetic pathway. The resulting strains, P1 and P2, exhibited L-tyrosine production levels of 358 mg/l and 418 mg/l, respectively, thus establishing an already …
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The Environment Constrains Successful Search Strategies in Natural Distributed Systems
… two natural systems that use distributed search algorithms and tests the hypothesis that the searchers' environment is a key constraint on an optimal algorithm. Natural instances of distributed autonomous systems of simple components exist in both biology and social systems. These systems …
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Job search strategies and social networks : evidence from the Khayelitsha
… factors which determine the choice of the search method used by the unemployed in looking for jobs. In line with the existing literature on job search in South Africa we identify that job search is constrained by the low probability of finding a job and the cost of job search. Especially in …
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Automatic fault localization in concurrent programs using noising and search strategies
… Faults Localized Automatically using Search Heuristics), an automatic fault localization tool for multithreaded Java programs. CFLASH utilizes a combination of noise-based code injection and a heuristic search algorithm to identify potentially faulty code sections containing …
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Next generation catalogues: an analysis of user search strategies and behavior
The movement from online catalogues to search and discovery systems has not addressed the goals of true resource discoverability. While catalogue user studies have focused on user search and discovery processes and experiences, and construction and manipulation of search queries, little insight is …
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Visual Search Strategies of Elite Baseball Players During a Baseball Hitting Task
… fixation while initiating bat swing. Previous research has demonstrated expert hitters have superior dynamic visual acuity and superior visual search strategies. However, little research has examined the eye movement patterns and visual search strategies in an interceptive task. The purpose of …
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Predator-prey behavioural interactions on plants, with special emphasis on aphid dropping defence and ladybird search strategies
… both prey defence behaviours and predator search strategies. Considering the prey, dropping – a widespread but understudied antipredator behaviour – is my focus. My findings suggest that, although dropping seems superficially simple, the selective pressures on it are complex. Dropping is …
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An investigation into the kinematic, cortical electrical and visual search strategies of skilled and less-skilled cricket batsmen in response to projected video footage of a medium-fast bowler
The aim of this dissertation was to investigate various systems affecting performance in skilled and less-skilled batsmen. These systems included kinetics, visual perception, psychophysiology and visual tracking. Individual chapter abstracts have been presented because of the multifaceted nature of …
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Targeting early man sites in the western United States: An assessment of the Manix type section, central Mojave Desert, California
Geoarchaeology -- Pre-Clovis archaeology -- Site search strategies.
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Targeting early man sites in the western United States: An assessment of the Manix type section, central Mojave Desert, California
Geoarchaeology -- Pre-Clovis archaeology -- Site search strategies.
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Modelling visual search for surface defects
… using texture synthesis methods and human search strategies will be captured by use of an eye tracker. Two di erent modelling approaches will be explored. A computational LNL-based model will be developed and compared to human performance in terms of the number of xations required to find …
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Strategies for Scalable Symbolic Execution-based Test Generation
… tackling this path explosion problem and propose search strategies to achieve quick branch coverage under symbolic execution, while exploring only a fraction of paths in the program. We present a reachability-guided strategy that makes use of the reachability graph of the program to explore …
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Understanding the factors driving product searches : an analysis using panel data
… the factors that influence consumer product search behavior on e-commerce platforms, specifically focusing on the leading marketplaces in Indonesia, namely Shopee, Tokopedia, and Lazada using a panel data approach. This research analyzes the impact of organic and paid search strategies on …
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Evaluating the Effect of Smart Parking Technology on Campus Parking System Efficiency using Discrete Event Simulation
… effect of smart parking systems (SPS) on parking search times (PST) in large parking lots. SPSs are systems that disseminate real-time parking spot availability to drivers searching for parking. The literature review revealed discrete event simulation (DES) to be a suitable tool for studying the …
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Water Maze Strategies used by Mice Exposed to Radiation and Pomegranate Juice
… stress in specific areas in the brain. Research has shown that radiation affects the hippocampus, which is responsible for relational/contextual types of learning and memory. Spatial learning and memory is one type of relational learning that is easy to study in animals. The water maze is …
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