{"title":"Extracting functional subgroups from an evolutionary robotic swarm by identifying the community structure","authors":"K. Ohkura, T. Yasuda, Y. Matsumura","doi":"10.1109/NaBIC.2012.6402248","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NaBIC.2012.6402248","url":null,"abstract":"Robotic swarms solve a given task by developing highly complex adaptive behaviors that exploit their extremely large redundancy. Although a robotic swarm is homogeneous and has the same control architecture, it is not so easy to develop an appropriate collective behavior that poses several challenges. Even when a robotic swarm succeeds in developing a meaningful collective behavior, it still faces difficulty in explaining why it succeeds in performing a given task. In this paper, we aim in providing an explanation of this highly redundant but meaningful behavior by visualizing the emerged autonomous task allocation. We propose a method for analyzing their complex collective behavior that utilizes techniques adopted from the domain of complex networks. First, a robotic swarm is translated into a directed weighted complex network. Next, we define modularity and divide the robotic swarm into subgroups with maximal values. Finally, we demonstrate the emerged allocation of tasks to each subgroup from a macroscopic viewpoint.","PeriodicalId":103091,"journal":{"name":"2012 Fourth World Congress on Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing (NaBIC)","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127017391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What's going on out there right now? A beehive based machine to give snapshot of the ongoing stories on the Web","authors":"P. Návrat, Stefan Sabo","doi":"10.1109/NaBIC.2012.6402257","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NaBIC.2012.6402257","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we present an approach, inspired by honey bees, that allows us to take a glance at current events by exploring a portion of the Web and extracting keywords, relevant to current news stories. Not unlike the bees, that cooperate together to retrieve little bits of food, our approach uses agents to select random keywords and carry them from one article to another, landing only on the articles relevant to the keyword. Keywords that best represent multiple articles are selected, while keywords not relevant to articles are subsequently discarded and not explored further. Our results show, that with this approach, it is possible to extract keywords relevant to news stories, without utilizing learning methods, or analysis of a data corpus.","PeriodicalId":103091,"journal":{"name":"2012 Fourth World Congress on Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing (NaBIC)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128491900","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. M. Gutiérrez-Salgado, Laura Moreno-Barón, Xavier Cetó, A. Mimendia, M. Valle
{"title":"Data fusion in electronic tongue for qualitative analysis of beers","authors":"J. M. Gutiérrez-Salgado, Laura Moreno-Barón, Xavier Cetó, A. Mimendia, M. Valle","doi":"10.1109/NaBIC.2012.6402240","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NaBIC.2012.6402240","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the development of an Electronic Tongue based on two different arrays of electrochemical sensors (i.e. potentiometric and voltammetric) for the identification of three styles of beer. Conventionally, electrochemical measurements contain hundreds of records and cannot be processed directly, due to its high data dimension. Therefore, information obtained from both sensor families was prepossessed in order to extract representative features and then fused to improve the classification ability regarding to the use of single sensor data. On the one hand, Discrete Wavelet Transform and statistical procedures were employed as feature extraction techniques. On the other hand, classification model was build using Linear Discriminant Analysis and validated by Leave-one-out cross-validation procedure. Final results demonstrate that the ET employing data fusion is able to distinguish 100% of the types of beer as well as its manufacturing process.","PeriodicalId":103091,"journal":{"name":"2012 Fourth World Congress on Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing (NaBIC)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125526439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A system for building immunity in social networks","authors":"Heena Rathore, A. Samant","doi":"10.1109/NaBIC.2012.6402234","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NaBIC.2012.6402234","url":null,"abstract":"Social networks are susceptible to rapid spread of malicious information, commonly referred to as rumors. Rumors often spread rapidly through the network and, if not contained quickly, can be harmful. This paper describes a method for identifying highly connected nodes in a social network and using these nodes to build immunity against such malicious information. To describe this method, this paper draws inspiration from two well established topics in the area of biology; spread of communicable diseases in human population and how human body builds immunity against diseases. In case of communicable diseases, it would be very simplistic if we only consider that an infected node can transmit its disease to its nearest neighbors. More realistically speaking, it is possible that an infected node can develop random links with other nodes in the system. The spread of communicable diseases is controlled by both these factors. An infected node with capability to have several random links is capable of spreading the disease through the network faster. We postulate that certain nodes in a social network exhibit similar behavior and can be defined as highly connected nodes in the network. We present analytical tools based on our network simulation, to correctly identify such nodes. Once such nodes are identified, we introduce the concept of weighting functions that can be attached to messages passing through such nodes. This paper describes how the spread of malicious information can be controlled by a community of such highly connected nodes, using the concept of weighted functions.","PeriodicalId":103091,"journal":{"name":"2012 Fourth World Congress on Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing (NaBIC)","volume":"108 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122509883","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An EDA based on Bayesian networks constructed with Archimedean copulas","authors":"Mario Rogelio Flores Mendez, Ricardo Landa","doi":"10.1109/NaBIC.2012.6402260","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NaBIC.2012.6402260","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, an estimation of distribution algorithm that adopts a copula Bayesian network as probabilistic graphic model is presented. Multivariate Archimedean copula functions with one parameter are used to model the dependences between variables and the beta distribution is used to describe the univariate marginals. The learning process of the Bayesian network is assisted through a simple technique that relies on the associative property of Archimedean copulas, the use of Kendall's tau coefficient for measuring relations between variables and the relation between tau coefficients and bivariate Archimedean copulas. This paper presents the proposal, together with some initial experiments, which show encouraging results.","PeriodicalId":103091,"journal":{"name":"2012 Fourth World Congress on Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing (NaBIC)","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124071756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multi-apprentice learning for meta-heuristics parameter tuning in a Multi Agent Scheduling System","authors":"I. Pereira, A. Madureira, Paulo Moura Oliveira","doi":"10.1109/NaBIC.2012.6402236","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NaBIC.2012.6402236","url":null,"abstract":"The scheduling problem is considered in complexity theory as a NP-hard combinatorial optimization problem. Meta-heuristics proved to be very useful in the resolution of this class of problems. However, these techniques require parameter tuning which is a very hard task to perform. A Case-based Reasoning module is proposed in order to solve the parameter tuning problem in a Multi-Agent Scheduling System. A computational study is performed in order to evaluate the proposed CBR module performance.","PeriodicalId":103091,"journal":{"name":"2012 Fourth World Congress on Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing (NaBIC)","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121408502","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Practical results of artificial immune Systems for combinatorial optimization problems","authors":"P. Krömer, J. Platoš, V. Snás̃el","doi":"10.1109/NaBIC.2012.6402261","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NaBIC.2012.6402261","url":null,"abstract":"Artificial immune systems (AIS) represent a family of bio-inspired populational meta-heuristic algorithms successful in solving complex problems. Combinatorial optimization problems constitute a class of problems with a discrete set of solutions. In this study we provide an initial evaluation of the practical results of AIS for two well known combinatorial optimization problems - the linear ordering problem and independent task scheduling.","PeriodicalId":103091,"journal":{"name":"2012 Fourth World Congress on Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing (NaBIC)","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126432616","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hadaytullah, S. Vathsavayi, Outi Räihä, K. Koskimies, A. Gregersen
{"title":"Applying genetic self-architecting for distributed systems","authors":"Hadaytullah, S. Vathsavayi, Outi Räihä, K. Koskimies, A. Gregersen","doi":"10.1109/NaBIC.2012.6402238","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NaBIC.2012.6402238","url":null,"abstract":"Current trends in information technology emphasize the need of flexible systems that are able to adapt to their changing environment. The aim of this paper is to develop an infrastructure for architecture level self-adaptation, and to study its applicability in the case of distributed systems. The approach is based on dynamically inserted and removed design solutions. The built infrastructure provides UML based architectural reflection and a genetic engine for optimizing the architecture at run-time with respect to efficiency and reliability, according to changes in the environment. The implementation builds on Javeleon, a Java-based platform supporting dynamic updates of classes. The approach is applied to develop a self-adapting system that mimics a shop security control system.","PeriodicalId":103091,"journal":{"name":"2012 Fourth World Congress on Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing (NaBIC)","volume":"125 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134007742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Ruiz-Vanoye, O. Díaz-Parra, F. Cocón, M. Arias, Ana Canepa Saenz
{"title":"A transgenic algorithm for the Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows","authors":"J. Ruiz-Vanoye, O. Díaz-Parra, F. Cocón, M. Arias, Ana Canepa Saenz","doi":"10.1109/NaBIC.2012.6402252","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NaBIC.2012.6402252","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we present a transgenic computer algorithm based on the transformation mechanism of horizontal gene transfer to solve the Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows (VRPTW). The VRPTW is the problem of minimising transportation costs while satisfying some restrictions as the time, vehicle capacity and the demand of each client. Horizontal gene artificial transfer is a form of genetic engineering. The transgenic algorithm is considered as a horizontal gene transfer algorithm, a meta-heuristics algorithm, or a bio-inspired algorithm based on horizontal gene transfer and symbiogenesis. The transgenic algorithm uses a data-mining technique (clustering) to group similar characteristics of the VRPTW instance to obtain the initial population (one VRPTW individual), a genetic transfer phase inspired by the transference of genetic codes of a bacterial gene (depot) contained in mechanisms for the horizontal gene transfer, and an intelligent mutation operator inspired by symbiogenesis called symbion operator. The transgenic algorithm (lateral gene transfer algorithm, or horizontal gene transfer algorithm) involves deliberate genetic modification rather than evolutionary aspects. We demonstrate that it is possible to deploy a transgenic algorithm based on horizontal gene transfer to solve (in fewer generations and less time) the VRPTW than the results of the genetic algorithm.","PeriodicalId":103091,"journal":{"name":"2012 Fourth World Congress on Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing (NaBIC)","volume":"75 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122626763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Joaquín Pérez Ortega, A. Mexicano, R. Salgado, M. Hidalgo, Alejandra Moreno, Rodolfo A. Pazos Rangel
{"title":"Improvement to the K-Means algorithm through a heuristics based on a bee honeycomb structure","authors":"Joaquín Pérez Ortega, A. Mexicano, R. Salgado, M. Hidalgo, Alejandra Moreno, Rodolfo A. Pazos Rangel","doi":"10.1109/NaBIC.2012.6402258","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NaBIC.2012.6402258","url":null,"abstract":"The object clustering problem, according to their similarity measures, can be formulated as a combinatorial optimization problem. The K-Means algorithm has been widely used for solving such problem; however, its computational cost is very high. In this work a new heuristics is proposed for reducing the computational complexity in the classification step of the algorithm based on a honeycomb structure, which the algorithm builds when clusters are visualized in a two-dimensional space. In particular it has been observed that an object can only change membership to neighboring clusters. The heuristics consists of performing distance calculations only with respect to centroids of neighboring clusters, which reduces the number of calculations. For assessing the performance of this heuristics, a set of experiments was carried out that involved 2500, 10000 and 40000 objects uniformly distributed in a two-dimensional space, as well as real-world instances of 3100 and 245 057 objects with 2 and 3 dimensions. The results were encouraging, since the calculation time was reduced 65% on average, with respect to the standard K-Means algorithm for the synthetic instance, and up to 62% on average for the real-world instances, while the quality was reduced on average by 0.05% and 2.5%, respectively.","PeriodicalId":103091,"journal":{"name":"2012 Fourth World Congress on Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing (NaBIC)","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133092940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}