We discuss how to build systems with sophisticated features based on a core set of bioinformatics tools. Beside from being the front-end server to the core analyses, such a system can manage users, bioinformatics content and shared data. Using tools available in the open-source community, we show how to build a system with such sophisticated features with a relatively minimal effort, especially...

A light-weight multi-agent system is employed in a “self-organisation of multi-radio mesh networks” project to manage 802.11 mesh networks. As 802.11 mesh networks can be extremely large the two main challenges are the scalability and stability of the solution. The basic approach is that of a distributed, light-weight, co-operative multiagent system that guarantees scalability. As the solution ...

Symptomatic leiomyomatous uteri affect about 30% of women [1]. In the United States, more than 80% of African American and 70% of Caucasian women have leiomyoma by age 50, with an overall incidence of 12.8 per 1,000 woman years [1]. Symptomatic severity disparities are more pronounced than leiomyoma incidence disparities. African Americans women have larger and more numerous leiomyomata occurri...

This paper presents a novel and bio-inspired algorithm for distributed division of labour in swarms of artificial agents (e.g., autonomous underwater vehicles). The algorithm is inspired by division of labour via local interactions in social insects. The algorithm is successfully implemented in virtual agents and simulated robot swarms and demonstrates a high adaptivity in response to changes i...