Multiuser scheduling in HSDPA using simulated annealing (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In this paper, the issue of multiuser scheduling in the context of the High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) is addressed. Given limited radio resources at the base station, the main challenge is to assign these resources to multiple users at eac... Read More about Multiuser scheduling in HSDPA using simulated annealing.

The behaviour of ant transporters at the old and new nests during successive colony emigrations (2008)
Journal Article

Colonies of the ant Temnothorax albipennis improve their collective performance over successive emigrations (Langridge et al. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 56:523-529, 2004, Behav Ecol Sociobiol 62:447-456, 2008). Here, by analysing the performance of individ... Read More about The behaviour of ant transporters at the old and new nests during successive colony emigrations.

Can ant colonies choose a far-and-away better nest over an in-the-way poor one? (2008)
Journal Article

Nest choice in the ant Temnothorax albipennis is a model system for investigating collective decision making. Previous research has demonstrated the sophistication of this decentralized system, yet such studies have focused on binary choices in which... Read More about Can ant colonies choose a far-and-away better nest over an in-the-way poor one?.

Individual and collective choice: Parallel prospecting and mining in ants (2008)
Journal Article

Decision making is of crucial importance in the lives of both animals and humans. How decisions of group members scale up to group decisions is of great interest. Accordingly, we gave homeless ant colonies (n=67) in three experiments a choice between... Read More about Individual and collective choice: Parallel prospecting and mining in ants.

A computational approach for valid assessment of significance in best subsets regression (2008)
Journal Article

How experienced individuals contribute to an improvement in collective performance in ants (2008)
Journal Article

Certain groups of organisms are capable of improving their collective performance with experience. In a recent study, we demonstrated that, over successive emigrations, colonies of the ant Temnothorax albipennis are able to improve their collective p... Read More about How experienced individuals contribute to an improvement in collective performance in ants.

Improving organ and tissue donation in transplantation: a model for maximising rates of donation and managing emergent transplant procedures (2008)
Journal Article