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Illumination Balancing Algorithm for Smart Lights by Koroglu, Muhammed Taha, Passino, Kevin M.

“…In this paper, we present two decentralized algorithms that aim to achieve uniform lighting across the floor of an experimental testbed under a variety of…”
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Dynamics of Cooperation in a Task Completion Social Dilemma by Giraldo, Luis Felipe, Passino, Kevin M

“…We study the situation where the members of a community have the choice to participate in the completion of a common task. The process of completing the task…”
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Stability analysis of swarms by Gazi, V., Passino, K.M.

“…In this note, we specify an "individual-based" continuous-time model for swarm aggregation in n-dimensional space and study its stability properties. We show…”
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Multiple task assignments for cooperating uninhabited aerial vehicles using genetic algorithms by Shima, Tal, Rasmussen, Steven J., Sparks, Andrew G., Passino, Kevin M.

“…A problem of assigning cooperating uninhabited aerial vehicles to perform multiple tasks on multiple targets is posed as a new combinatorial optimization…”
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Educating the Humanitarian Engineer by Passino, Kevin M.

“…The creation of new technologies that serve humanity holds the potential to help end global poverty. Unfortunately, relatively little is done in engineering…”
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Stable reactive power balancing strategies of grid-connected photovoltaic inverter network by Wang, Zhongkui, Passino, Kevin M.

“…Summary In this paper, a distributed reactive power control based on balancing strategies is proposed for a grid‐connected photovoltaic (PV) inverter network…”
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Swarm cognition in honey bees by Passino, Kevin M, Seeley, Thomas D, Visscher, P. Kirk

“…We synthesize findings from neuroscience, psychology, and behavioral biology to show that some key features of cognition in the neuron-based brains of…”
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The mechanism of flight guidance in honeybee swarms: subtle guides or streaker bees? by Schultz, Kevin M, Passino, Kevin M, Seeley, Thomas D

“…When a honeybee swarm takes off to fly to its new home site, less than 5% of the bees in the swarm have visited the site and thereby know in what direction the…”
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Optimal Reactive Power Allocation in Large-Scale Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Systems by Wang, Zhongkui, Passino, Kevin M., Wang, Jin

“…In this paper, an optimal strategy is proposed for the reactive power allocation in large-scale grid-connected photovoltaic systems. Grid-connected…”
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Dynamics of Metabolism and Decision Making During Alcohol Consumption: Modeling and Analysis by Giraldo, Luis Felipe, Passino, Kevin M., Clapp, John D., Ruderman, Danielle

“…Heavy alcohol consumption is considered an important public health issue in the United States as over 88 000 people die every year from alcohol-related causes…”
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Stability of degree distributions of social networks by Fernandez, Isabel, Passino, Kevin M, Finke, Jorge

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Stability analysis of social foraging swarms by Gazi, V., Passino, K.M.

“…In this article we specify an M-member "individual-based" continuous time swarm model with individuals that move in an n-dimensional space according to an…”
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Dynamic Task Performance, Cohesion, and Communications in Human Groups by Giraldo, Luis Felipe, Passino, Kevin M.

“…In the study of the behavior of human groups, it has been observed that there is a strong interaction between the cohesiveness of the group, its performance…”
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Honey bee social foraging algorithms for resource allocation: Theory and application by Quijano, Nicanor, Passino, Kevin M.

“…A model of honey bee social foraging is introduced to create an algorithm that solves a class of dynamic resource allocation problems. We prove that if several…”
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Modeling and Analysis of Mood Dynamics in the Bipolar Spectrum by Villasanti, Hugo Gonzalez, Passino, Kevin M.

“…This article introduces a nonlinear ordinary differential equation model of mood dynamics for disorders on the bipolar spectrum. Motivated by biopsychosocial…”
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Modeling and Analysis of Group Dynamics in Alcohol-Consumption Environments by Giraldo, Luis Felipe, Passino, Kevin M., Clapp, John D.

“…High-risk drinking is considered a major concern in public health, being the third leading preventable cause of death in the United States. Several studies…”
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Stable social foraging swarms in a noisy environment by Yanfei Liu, Passino, K.M.

“…Bacteria, bees, and birds often work together in groups to find food. A group of robots can be designed to coordinate their activities to search for and…”
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Biomimicry of bacterial foraging for distributed optimization and control by Passino, K.M.

“…We explain the biology and physics underlying the chemotactic (foraging) behavior of E. coli bacteria. We explain a variety of bacterial swarming and social…”
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Modeling and analysis of nest-site selection by honeybee swarms: the speed and accuracy trade-off by Passino, Kevin M, Seeley, Thomas D

“…Nest-site selection in honeybees is a process of social decision making in which the scout bees in a swarm locate several potential nest sites, evaluate them,…”
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A Control-Theoretic Assessment of Interventions During Drinking Events by Gonzalez Villasanti, Hugo, Passino, Kevin M., Clapp, John D., Madden, Danielle R.

“…This paper employs control-theoretic tools to provide guidelines for in-situ interventions aimed at reducing high-risk alcohol consumption at drinking events…”
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