The increasing recognition that symbioses have greatly altered evolution through genome fusions is creating a need for algorithms that can reliably detect and reconstruct fusions. Here, we generalize the bootstrappers gambit algorithm (a quartet method) in order to permit it to analyze both bifurcations and fusions under a single mathematical model, and thereby detect past genomic branchings an...

Based upon politeness theory and a cognitive rules perspective, it is argued that anticipated resistance to a persuasive message should effect compliance-seeking message behavior. Using controlled interviews to elicit persuasive messages, results indicate that persuaders used a greater number of strategies when confronting a positively predisposed target who refused to comply. Beyond an initial...

Data are related to the numerical simulation performed in the study entitled "CFD modeling to evaluate the thermal performances of window frames in accordance with the ISO 10077" (Malvoni et al., 2016) [1]. The paper focuses on the results from a two-dimensional numerical analysis for ten frame sections suggested by the ISO 10077-2 and performed using GAMBIT 2.2 and ANSYS FLUENT 14.5 CFD code. ...

This paper considers the application of a novel optimization method, namely Particle Swarm Optimization, to compute Nash equilibria. The problem of computing equilibria is formed as one of detecting the global minimizers of a real-valued, nonnegative, function. To detect more than one global minimizers of the function at a single run of the algorithm and address effectively the problem of local...

The typical representation of structures (a.k.a. records) includes a header and type descriptor that are a considerable overhead when the structures have few fields and the program allocates a large number of them. We propose structure vectors that group many structures of the same type, removing the need for a header and type descriptor for each contained structure. This paper describes our im...

Flow separation at the vehicle’s rear end is the major cause of an aerodynamic drag in a car. In order to delay the flow separation at the rear, bump-shaped vortex generators at the roof end of a car are tested in this paper for two different types of car models Sedan and Hatchback. The aerodynamic analysis is carried out using GAMBIT and FLUENT for Sedan and Hatchback models. Vortex Generators...

This paper describes a new implementation of an algorithm to find all isolated Nash equilibria in a finite strategic game. The implementation uses the game theory software package Gambit to generate systems of polynomial equations which are necessary conditions for a Nash equilibrium, and polyhedral homotopy continuation via the package PHCpack to compute solutions to the systems. Numerical exp...

Recent years, with the rapid development of P2P networks, the security problem of these networks has become increasingly obvious. According to the behavior of selfishness and betrayal for nodes in P2P networks, this paper analyzes and contrasts the benefits of these nodes, and presents the P2P game model with the penalty factor. The reasonable analysis and simulation by gambit prove that, addit...