We study the evolution of simple cells that are equipped with a genome, a rudimentary gene regulation network at transcription level and two classes of functional genes: motion effectors allow the cell to move in response to nutrient gradients while nutrient importers are required to actually feed from the environment. The model is inspired by the protist Naegleria gruberi which can switch betw...

Advances in performance and increases in revenue are most often facilitated by the development and application of new technologies. Recent efforts in multidisciplinary design have yielded methods for the evaluation and selection of technologies in the presence of uncertainty. Many of these methods aim to forecast the impacts of new technologies amidst the uncertainties associated with technolog...

Large-scale networks with hundreds of thousands of variables and constraints are becoming more and more common in logistics, communications, and distribution domains. Traditionally, the utility functions defined on such networks are optimized using some variation of Linear Programming, such as Mixed Integer Programming (MIP). Despite enormous progress both in hardware (multiprocessor systems an...

Reading cursive script involves elements of visual perception at one level of processing and those of language perception and understanding at a higher level. The problem is approached as one in which a word image is transformed through a representational hierarchy of levels based on descriptions that use points, contours, features, letters, and words. Global control is hierarchical unti l an i...

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is a technology which has shown significant impact not only at the individual organisation level, but at industry-sector and even at the country-level. As the issues to be addressed at these levels are different, a systemic study of EDI technology transfer incorporating multiple levels is necessary for developing a holistic understanding of the transfer process...

Mobile service robots for interaction with people need to be easily maneuverable by their users, even if physical restrictions make a manual pushing and pulling impossible. In this paper, we present a low cost approach that allows for intuitive tactile control of a mobile service robot while preserving constraints of a differential drive and obstacle avoidance. The robot’s enclosure has been eq...

Indonesia is currently undergoing the energy transition from heavily fossil fuel-dependent to cleaner sources of in order achieve its net-zero emissions by 2060. In addition reducing fuel dependency, as one countries with most geothermal reserves, optimization could be key facilitating transition. The objective this paper elaborate on process, which incorporates destabilization and growth energ...