The dragonfly algorithm is a nature-inspired metaheuristic that mimics the static and dynamic swarming behaviours of dragonflies in prey hunting and predator evasion. Since its introduction, it has ...

The Flower Pollination Algorithm (FPA) is a nature-inspired metaheuristic that models the pollination behaviour of flowering plants. It combines global and local search mechanisms, drawing on ...

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Colombia is home to the most species of birds known to ornithologists. Merlin, an app, is helping to build an “avian tourism” industry there. By Max Bearak and Esteban Vanegas “Instants” blasts photos ...

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The Google Play store has millions of apps. Some are great, many are duds. Our guide, which covers 13 key categories and 100 top apps, features the ones that deserve a place on your Android phone or ...

This article was co-authored with Emma Myer, a student at Washington and Lee University who studies Cognitive/Behavioral Science and Strategic Communication. In today’s digital age, social media has ...

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How machine intelligence changes the rules of business by Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani In 2019, just five years after the Ant Financial Services Group was launched, the number of consumers using ...