Evolutionary multi objective optimisation EMO now boasts a proliferation of algorithms and bench mark problems We need principled ways to compare the performance of di erent EMO algorithms but this is com plicated by the fact that the result of an EMO run is not a single scalar value but a collection of vectors forming a non dominated set Various metrics for non dominated sets have been suggest...

We analyze the influence of noise in transverse hexagonal patterns in nonlinear Kerr cavities. The near-field fluctuations are determined by the neutrally stable Goldstone modes associated to translational invariance and by the weakly damped soft modes. However, these modes do not contribute to the far-field intensity fluctuations that are dominated by damped perturbations with the same wave ve...

Many blood-feeding arthropods are known vectors of viruses that are a source of unprecedented global health concern. Mosquitoes are an integral part of these arthropod vectors. Advancements in next-generation sequencing and bioinformatics has expanded our knowledge on the richness of viruses harbored by arthropods. In the present study, we applied a metagenomic approach to determine the interco...

Multi-objective optimization is the simultaneous consideration of two or more objective functions that are completely or partially in conflict with each other. The optimality of such optimizations is largely defined through the Pareto optimality. Multiple objective integer linear programs (MOILP) are special cases of multiple criteria decision making problems. Numerous algorithms have been desi...

While most of the published exact methods for solving multiobjective integer linear programming (MOILP) problems are based on solving many integer linear programs (ILP), we propose a branch and bound multi-objective method to find the whole non-dominated set. Two types of nodes are created in the tree. The first type corresponds to not integer optimal solution of solved (LP) problems . In this ...

Consistent reconstruction is a method for producing an estimate x̃ ∈ R of a signal x ∈ R if one is given a collection ofN noisy linear measurements qn = 〈x, φn〉+ǫn, 1 ≤ n ≤ N , that have been corrupted by i.i.d. uniform noise {ǫn}n=1. We prove mean squared error bounds for consistent reconstruction when the measurement vectors {φn}n=1 ⊂ R are drawn independently at random from a suitable distrib...

In recent years, the East African region has seen an increase in arboviral diseases transmitted by blood-feeding arthropods. Effective surveillance to monitor and reduce incidence of these infections requires the use of appropriate vector sampling tools. Here, trapped skin volatiles on fur from sheep, a known preferred host of mosquito vectors of Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV), were used with a...

The prevalence of malaria among the residents of the Lake Victoria basin remains high. The environment associated with the lake may maintain a high number of malaria vectors. Lake habitats including water hyacinths have been suspected to be the source of vectors. This study investigated whether malaria vectors breed in the lake habitats and adjacent backwater pools. Anopheline larvae were colle...

in southeast asia, aedes aegypti (l.) has been incriminated as principal vector of dengue viruses and ae. albopictus as the secondary vector of dengue fever. therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of three for-mula tions of pyrethrin derived from tanacetum cinerariaefolium against the dengue/dengue haemorrhagic fever vectors aedes aegypti and ae. albopictus in the...

background: laboratory bred sand flies are essential for the study of different biological phenomena including the transmis­sion dynamics of leishmania . the aim of the study was to determine the suitable situation for colonization and main­tenance of iranian strain of phlebotomus papatasi at laboratory conditions from an endemic focus of cutaneous leishmani­asis due to leishmania major . metho...