Abstract: Flower pollination algorithm (FPA) is one of the most efficient population-based nature-inspired metaheuristic optimization algorithms based on the flower pollination process of flowering ...

Abstract: Flower pollination algorithm (FPA) optimization is a new evolutionary computation technique that inspired from the pollination process of flowers. In this paper, a model for multi-objective ...

VOL. III. of the English translation, which has now appeared, concludes that portion of Knuth's handbook for which that author was himself responsible. The later volumes, issued after Knuth's death by ...

Using a mobile stamen to slap away insect visitors maximizes pollination and minimizes costs to flowers, a study shows. For centuries scientists have observed that when a visiting insect's tongue ...

Researchers in Japan have successfully used a tiny drone to pollinate an actual flower, a task usually accomplished by insects and animals. The remote-controlled drone was equipped with horsehairs ...

Floral fragrances waft far and wide in clean air, but polluted air is another story. Emissions from sources such as cars and power plants are destroying the perfumed chemical trails that direct ...

Australian plants have evolved in a multitude of ways to be pollinated, whether that's by insects, birds, the wind, water or by themselves. New research shows native and invasive rodents can also play ...