European Pepper Moth or Southern European Marsh Pyralid Duponchelia fovealis (Zeller) by Stephanie D. Stocks, Amanda Hodges

“…Recent survey detected adults in pheromone traps in 20 of the 26 Florida counties surveyed. …”
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European Pepper Moth or Southern European Marsh Pyralid Duponchelia fovealis (Zeller) by Stephanie D. Stocks, Amanda Hodges

“…Recent survey detected adults in pheromone traps in 20 of the 26 Florida counties surveyed. …”
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Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm for Continuous Domains Based on Position Distribution Model of Ant Colony Foraging by Liqiang Liu, Yuntao Dai, Jinyu Gao

“…We design a continuous domain optimization algorithm based on the model and give the form of solution for the algorithm, the distribution model of pheromone, the update rules of ant colony position, and the processing method of constraint condition. …”
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Citrus peelminer Marmara gulosa Guillèn and Davis (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) by Lukasz L. Stelinski

“…Recent evaluations of an experimental pheromone lure that is still under development by researchers at the University of California, Riverside have confirmed captures of citrus peelminer (Marmara sp.) in Polk County, Florida. …”
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Citrus peelminer Marmara gulosa Guillèn and Davis (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) by Lukasz L. Stelinski

“…Recent evaluations of an experimental pheromone lure that is still under development by researchers at the University of California, Riverside have confirmed captures of citrus peelminer (Marmara sp.) in Polk County, Florida. …”
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Wireworms in Florida Sugarcane by R. H. Cherry, M. Karounos

“…Insecticides are not used for wireworm control in ratoon sugarcane. Pheromone traps are untested in Florida sugarcane for click beetles but have an important function in for both mass trapping and monitoring in other agricultural systems. …”
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Optimization Simulation of English Speech RecognitionAccuracy Based on Improved Ant Colony Algorithm by Lu Jing

“…The core is to adopt an adaptive volatilization coefficient and dynamic pheromone update strategy for the basic ant colony algorithm. …”
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Wireworms in Florida Sugarcane by R. H. Cherry, M. Karounos

“…Insecticides are not used for wireworm control in ratoon sugarcane. Pheromone traps are untested in Florida sugarcane for click beetles but have an important function in for both mass trapping and monitoring in other agricultural systems. …”
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Energy optimization of ant colony algorithm in wireless sensor network by Peng Li, Huqing Nie, Lingfeng Qiu, Ruchuan Wang

“…Furthermore, in terms of probability selection of the nodes and the pheromone update, this algorithm focuses on the next hop node through the comparison of distance between the nodes and the residual energy, which ensures less possibility of nodes with low energy selected as the next hop. …”
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The Inverse Solution Algorithm and Trajectory Error Analysis of Robotic Arm Based on MQACA-RBF Network by Xu Cheng, Ming Zhao

“…In order to solve the problem that the quantum ant colony algorithm has low convergence precision and easy to fall into the local optimal solution in the inverse solution algorithm of the multifreedom robotic arm, improved measures such as 2-opt local optimization and maximum minimum pheromone limit and variation are adopted. By comparing the simulation results of the 6R robotic arm simulation results and the simulation results based on ACA, QACA, and RBF neural networks on the position and motion trajectory of the space point, the advantages in precision are obvious. …”
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Research on Complex Multiconstraint Path Planning Based on ACA Hybrid Algorithm by Hongyun Wang, Min Gao, Weiwei Gao, Wenzhao Li

“…Make full advantage of the ACO algorithm and the artificial potential field algorithm to form the ACA hybrid algorithm, a pheromone heuristic function improvement method is proposed, and a control factor is introduced. …”
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Path Optimization in Robotic Welding of Plate Heat Exchangers: An Improved Ant Colony Approach by Xianlong Chu, Xinning Li, Hu Wu, Xianhai Yang, Liyong Yang

“…To address the above issues, first of all, the article introduces the improved pheromone volatilization factor, which is adjustable based on iteration times in the ACA. …”
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Heterogeneous UAV Swarm Collaborative Search Mission Path Optimization Scheme for Dynamic Targets by Kaixin Cheng, Tao Hu, Di Wu, Tingli Li, Shu Wang, Kaiyue Liu, Zhifu Tian, Dong Yi

“…The simulation results show that the task execution efficiency indexes of the proposed scheme for the decision input solution model, pheromone update mechanism, and optimization algorithm are improved by 188%, 72%, and 102%, respectively, and the overall performance is improved by 227%.…”
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Prediction of Ammunition Storage Reliability Based on Improved Ant Colony Algorithm and BP Neural Network by Fang Liu, Hua Gong, Ligang Cai, Ke Xu

“…The improved three-stage pheromone updating strategies solve two problems of ant colony algorithm: local minimum and slow convergence. …”
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The Optimization Model of E-Commerce Logistics Distribution Path Based on GIS Technology by Jianhong Jiao, Yong Liu, Cuijie Xie

“…It mainly includes the improvement of the heuristic function and the improvement of the update method of pheromone. Finally, through simulation experiments and case validation experiments, it is concluded that the improved algorithm outperforms the traditional ant colony algorithm. …”
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A Fast Fully Parallel Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm Based on CUDA for Solving TSP by Zhi Zeng, Yuxing Cai, Kwok L. Chung, Hui Lin, Jinwei Wu

“…Based on the max–min ant system (MMAS), we initiate a compensation mechanism for pheromone to constrain its value, guarantee the correctness of results and avoid a local optimum, and further enhance the convergence ability of ACO. …”
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Comparative analysis of the Streptococcus pneumoniae competence development in vitro versus in vivo during pneumonia-derived sepsis by Sook Yin Chong, Shi Qian Lew, Tauqeer Alam, Christopher A. Gaulke, Gee W. Lau

“…Some pneumococcal strains can enter a transient competent state for genetic transformation in an optimized competence-inducing medium when the threshold level of the peptide pheromone competence stimulating peptide is attained; upregulating the expression of three distinct phases of “early”, “late” and “delayed” competence genes. …”
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Bayesian Optimization of insect trap distribution for pest monitoring efficiency in agroecosystems by Eric Yanchenko, Thomas M. Chappell, Anders S. Huseth

“…In this study, a Bayesian optimization (BO) algorithm was used to learn more about the optimal distribution of a fine-scale trap network targeting Helicoverpa zea (Boddie), a significant agricultural pest across North America. Four years of pheromone trap monitoring was conducted at the same 21 locations distributed across ~7,000 square kilometers in a five-county area in North Carolina, USA. …”
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Impact of the Invasive Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål), in Mid-Atlantic Tree Fruit Orchards in the United States: Case Studies of Commercial Management by Tracy C. Leskey, Brent D. Short, Bryan R. Butler, Starker E. Wright

“…Among tested sampling techniques, pyramid traps baited with the aggregation pheromone of Plautia stali Scott, methyl-(2E,4E,6Z)-decatrienoate, yielded the most brown marmorated stink bug adults and nymphs, followed by visual observations. …”
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The eradication of Asian longhorned beetle at Paddock Wood, UK by Dominic Eyre, Jane Barbrook

“…Other surveillance techniques used were the regular inspection of favoured host trees over a wide area and the planting and regular inspection of favoured host trees in the core of the outbreak area. Pheromone trapping and the use of detection dog teams were trialled during the outbreak. …”
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