Maxima vs Infotaxis - What's the difference?
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(maximum)
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The highest limit.
* P. Colquhoun
(mathematics) The greatest value of a set or other mathematical structure, especially the global maximum or a local maximum of a function.
(analysis) An upper bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
(statistics) The largest value of a batch or sample or the upper bound of a probability distribution.
(colloquial, snooker) A 147 break; the highest possible break.
(colloquial, darts) A score of with three darts.
(colloquial, cricket) A scoring shot for 6 runs.
To the highest degree.
Any searching strategy in which there is sparse information, especially a strategy used by biological organisms to zigzag towards the source of an odour based on sporadic clues.
* 2006–7', Massimo Vergassola et al., "
*2008 , Caihua Xiong, Honghai Liu, Yongan Huang, Youlun Xiong (editors), Intelligent Robotics and Applications: First International Conference ICIRA 2008 , page 1206:
* 2009 , M.G. Velard et al., "Mathematical Approach to Sensory Motor Control and Memory", Chapter 5 of Paola Arena and Luca Patanè (editors), Spatial Temporal Patterns for Action-Oriented Perception in Roving Robots , Springer, ISBN 9783540884637,
*:In the framework of the so-called infotaxis' algorithm any search process can be thought of as acquisition of information on source location. Thus information plays a role similar to concentration in chemotaxis. Then the ' infotaxis strategy locally maximizes the expected rate of information gain.
*2009 , Huan Liu, John Salerno, Michael Young, Social Computing and Behavioral Modeling , page 94:
*:In a recent paper, Vergassola et al. demonstrated that infotaxis', which is motion based on expected information gain, can be a more effective search strategy when the source signal is weak than conventional methods such as moving along the gradient of a chemical concentration [2]. The ' infotaxis algorithm combines the two competing goals of exploration of possible search moves and exploitation of received signals to guide the searcher in the direction with the highest probability of finding the source [3].
*2010', Eduardo Martin Moraud and Dominique Martinez, "Effectiveness and Robustness of Robot '''Infotaxis for Searching in Dilute Conditions", in ''Frontiers in Neurorobotics , 4:1
As an adjective maxima
is .As a noun infotaxis is
any searching strategy in which there is sparse information, especially a strategy used by biological organisms to zigzag towards the source of an odour based on sporadic clues.maxima
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(head)maximum
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(wikipedia maximum)Noun
(en-noun)- Good legislation is the art of conducting a nation to the maximum of happiness, and the minimum of misery.
Usage notes
* (term) is the more common plural, especially for the technical senses.Hypernyms
* (statistics) measure of locationSynonyms
* maxAntonyms
* minimumAdjective
(-)- Use the proper dose for the maximum effect.
Derived terms
* antimaximum * global maximum * local maximum * maximal * maximize * maximum break * maximum limit * submaximuminfotaxis
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(-)‘'''Infotaxis’ as a strategy for searching without gradients]", in ''[[w:Nature (journal), Nature] , volume 445, pages 406–409 (2007 January 25)
- Some literatures investigated the odor source localization by robots mimicking biologic behaviors, such as chemotaxis [
1] and anemotaxis [ 2], or custom algorithms like fluxotaxis [ 3] and infotaxis [ 4]. The multi-robot system has more advantages than single robot in odor source localization. First, the expected search time can be decreased. Second, the multi-robot system does not easily fall into local maxima.
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