Integrating daylight and energy performance with optimization into the design process has always been a challenge for designers. Most of the building environmental performance simulation tools require a considerable amount of time and iterations for achieving accurate results. Moreover the combination of daylight and energy performances has always been an issue, as different software packages a...

We propose using the publish-subscribe model to complement proprietary or standard agent communication languages, useful particularly in the case of exchanging and disseminating short communications about events and consequently, reducing complexity of multi-agent messaging. We describe how we implemented the event notification mechanism for mobile agents, and analyse experiments that demonstra...

Population regulation has been related to differences in the quality among habitats, which mediate differences in vital rates such that in poor habitats reproductive rates are lower than those in high-quality habitats. The spatial distribution of animals in such habitats depends on their preferences and the degree to which individuals have a free choice of a particular habitat. The identified m...

The effect of low host plant nitrogen (N) content on herbivore performance has rarely been studied together with the herbivore’s feeding behaviour. We explored this relationship with juvenile Omocestus viridulus (Orthoptera: Acrididae) grasshoppers using fertilized and unfertilized host grasses. Due to lower growth rates, grasshoppers reared on N-poor grasses exhibited slightly prolonged develo...

Learning programming can be a challenging task for design students, especially when code is to be entered in textual form. Visual programming languages, such as McNeil’s Grasshopper, have helped students to engage in scripting without having to deal with lower level syntax that is often hindering them in expressing their thoughts. However, the problem with learning how to program textually is o...

To identify the susceptibility of long-horned grasshoppers to entomopathogenic fungi, the effect of infection with the fungi Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) and Metarhizium anisopliae (Metchnikoff) Sorokin (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) on food consumption by Uvarovistia zebra (Uvarov) (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) was investigated. Preliminary results showed...

Abstract Many real-world problems demand optimization, minimization of costs and maximization profits, meta-heuristic algorithms have proficiently proved their ability to achieve optimum results. This study proposes an alternative algorithm Lévy Flight Distribution (LFD) by integrating Opposition-based learning (OBL) operator, termed LFD-OBL, for resolving intrinsic drawbacks the canonical LFD....

Abstract Stochastic lattice structures are very powerful solutions for filling three-dimensional spaces using a generative algorithm. They suitable 3D printing and well appropriate to structural optimization mass distribution, allowing high-performance low-weight structures. The paper shows method, developed in the Rhino-Grasshopper environment, distribute until goal is achieved, e.g. reduction...

A Quick Guide on grasshopper mice which, contrary to the great majority of mouse species, are obligate carnivores.

From the grasshopper auditory system to general principles DISSERTATION zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades doctor rerum naturalium