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Abstract: This paper examines the applicability of the Bat Algorithm (BA) and its variants as optimization frameworks for various image segmentation paradigms. Rather than introducing a new ...

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WAKE COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- A Wake County maintenance crew made an unusual discovery after lifting a manhole cover: a large colony of bats living inside an underground stormwater system. Wildlife ...

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After decades of mystery, scientists have finally proven that Europe’s largest bat, the greater noctule, hunts and eats small songbirds mid-air—more than a kilometer above ground. Using tiny ...

Abstract: In this paper, we propose an improved bat algorithm (IBA) for the optimal deployment of wireless sensor networks, integrating adaptive strategies and differential evolution (DE) mechanisms ...