Hybrid simulation–optimization methods: A taxonomy and discussion

Hybrid simulation-optimization methods: A taxonomy and discussion

The possibilities of combining simulation and optimization are vast and the appropriate design highly depends on the problem characteristics. Therefore, it is very important to have a good overview of the different approaches. The taxonomies and classifications proposed in the literature do not cover the complete range of methods and overlook some important criteria. We provide a taxonomy that ...

Comparison of Lecture and Group Discussion Methods on Learning Anatomical Sciences: A Study in PhD students

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Integrative taxonomy – Methods and Applications

Taxonomy is the discipline in biology aimed at characterizing and naming taxa and taxonomy plays a major role in conserving biodiversity. The central unit of taxonomy is species and generating biological information requires naming of species. Thousands of species are being named every year since the advent of Linnaean nomenclature in 1758. Alpha taxonomy relates to species level characterizati...

A Discussion on Methods and Effectiveness

Instrumentation and methods: general discussion.

Jochen Küpper opened the discussion of the paper by John Spence by commenting: Dear Speakers, following the discussions of relevant time-scales in your papers and especially based on the suggestion of John Spence, that biology is made up of "slow processes", I would like to hear your opinion on what are the relevant timescales to understand nature. What range of time-scales are relevant for the...