Here's hoping the bacteria don't crawl off the screen
Apr 12, 2010, 5:13p - Science
(This is the third in a 3-part series on the biology of bacterial chemotaxis. The first post described some basic ideas about biological analysis, and the second post introduced bacteria and their chemotactic behavior. And don't forget the bonus video post.)
Alright, now that the context has been set, I can finally dive into my bacterial chemotaxis simulator, which ... more »
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becca
- Apr 12, 2010, 7:06p
Yay! Es un simulador muy bueno.
Rolf
- Aug 25, 2010, 5:04a
Nice app! I've programmed a very simple optimization algorhitm in Matlab and SciLab based on bacteria behavior.
My bacteria takes a step of constant length in its direction. Then, it compares 'sugar concentration'. If lower, it tumbles, otherwise its orientation stays the same.
Interestingly, this procedure finds the minimum of the Rosenbrock function and other test functions.
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