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Author(s): R. L Walker
Abstract:
Adaptive Web scout/forager prototypes for an experimental Search Engine,
Tocorime Apicu, based on a biological model and the movement of the sun
are being developed using the methodologies of active networks,
evolutionary computations, and scientific computing.
This model has built-
in mechanisms which allow it to adapt to an ever changing surrounding
environment.
This ever changing environment is similar to snapshots of
Internet traffic which vary considerably based on 1) the time of day, 2) time
zones, 3) various holiday and/or vacation patterns that exists throughout the
world, and 4) ever occurring natural disasters.
The sun can be viewed as a
mechanism that provides order to what would appear as a very chaotic set of
unrelated events over a period of time.
The Internet protot...
Pages: 20
Size: 1,768 kb
Paper DOI: 10.2495/CMEM010941
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