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GECCO
2008
Springer
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Collective intelligence and bush fire spotting
Bush fires cause major damage each year in many areas of the world and the earlier that they can be detected the easier it is to minimize this damage. This paper describes a coll...
David Howden, Tim Hendtlass
GECCO
2008
Springer
123views Optimization» more  GECCO 2008»
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On hopeful monsters, neutral networks and junk code in evolving L-systems
This paper investigates L-system evolution through experiments with a simulation platform of virtual plants. The conducted simulations vary the occurrence probability of terminal ...
Stefan Bornhofen, Claude Lattaud
HAPTICS
2008
IEEE
15 years 6 months ago
Developing the 'Ouch-o-Meter' to Teach Safe and Effective Use of Pressure for Palpation
Many clinical examinations involve palpation and part of the diagnostic process depends on the application of pressure. Teaching and learning such skills is difficult especially fo...
Sarah Baillie, Andrew Crossan, Neil Forrest, Steph...
CORR
2008
Springer
104views Education» more  CORR 2008»
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Policies of System Level Pipeline Modeling
Pipelining is a well understood and often used implementation technique for increasing the performance of a hardware system. We develop several SystemC/C++ modeling techniques tha...
Edwin A. Harcourt
CORR
2008
Springer
72views Education» more  CORR 2008»
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Design Optimization for an Electro-Thermally Actuated Polymeric Microgripper
Thermal micro-actuators are a promising solution to the need for large-displacement, gentle handling force, low-power MEMS actuators. Potential applications of these devices are mi...
R. Voicu, R. Muller, L. Eftime