Obstacle Avoidance Path Planning for UAV Based on Improved RRT Algorithm by Fan Yang, Xi Fang, Fei Gao, Xianjin Zhou, Hao Li, Hongbin Jin, Yu Song

“…The optimized algorithm can set pheromones on the path obtained by RRT and select the next extension point according to the pheromone concentration. …”
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Altered microbiome and metabolome profiling in fearful companion dogs: An exploratory study. by Luigi Sacchettino, Michele Costanzo, Iolanda Veneruso, Valeria D'Argenio, Maria Mayer, Francesco Napolitano, Danila d'Angelo

“…The available therapy, based on behavior approaches, environmental management, and neurochemical manipulation, through nutrition, supplements, medicines, and pheromones, represent the mainstays of the treatments currently accessible. …”
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AmelOBP4: an antenna-specific odor-binding protein gene required for olfactory behavior in the honey bee (Apis mellifera) by Fang Liu, Yu Lai, Lixian Wu, Qiang Li, Linyue Lei, Wei Yin, Yuan Zhang, Zachary Y. Huang, Hongxia Zhao

“…Numerous investigations have demonstrated that OBPs bind a broad variety of chemicals and are more likely to carry pheromones or odor molecules with high binding affinities. …”
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Farmer perception of impacts of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda J.E. Smith) and transferability of its management practices in Uganda by Andrew Kalyebi, Michael H. Otim, Tom Walsh, Wee Tek Tay

“…., by regular weeding and handpicking), while the use of biological extracts (pepper, tobacco, Aloe-vera, Lantana, sisal) was evident though not common. Pheromones and biological control methods to manage FAW were not reported, although a farmer in Kamuli district reportedly observed weaver birds (Ploceus spp.) predating on the FAW in maize. …”
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Genetic structure and evolutionary diversity of mating-type (MAT) loci in Hypsizygus marmoreus by Gang Wang, Yuanyuan Wang, Lianfu Chen, Hongbo Wang, Lin Guo, Xuan Zhou, Meijie Dou, Baiyu Wang, Jingxian Lin, Lei Liu, Zhengchao Wang, Youjin Deng, Jisen Zhang

“…The P/R loci genes were found to comprise three pheromone receptors, three pheromones, and two pheromone receptor-like genes. …”
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Improved Ant Algorithms for Software Testing Cases Generation by Shunkun Yang, Tianlong Man, Jiaqi Xu

“…This paper introduces improved ACO for software testing cases generation: improved local pheromone update strategy for ant colony optimization, improved pheromone volatilization coefficient for ant colony optimization (IPVACO), and improved the global path pheromone update strategy for ant colony optimization (IGPACO). …”
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Fuzzy Dynamic Parameter Adaptation in ACO and PSO for Designing Fuzzy Controllers: The Cases of Water Level and Temperature Control by Fevrier Valdez, Juan Carlos Vazquez, Fernando Gaxiola

“…The first system adjusts the value for the pheromone evaporation parameter from the global pheromone trail update equation and the second system adjusts the values for the pheromone evaporation parameter from the local pheromone trail update equation. …”
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Multiconstrained Network Intensive Vehicle Routing Adaptive Ant Colony Algorithm in the Context of Neural Network Analysis by Shaopei Chen, Ji Yang, Yong Li, Jingfeng Yang

“…Through the division and collaboration of different kinds of ants, pheromone adaptive strategy is combined with polymorphic ant colony algorithm. …”
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Multi-AGV multitask collaborative scheduling based on an improved ant colony algorithm by Yazhen Zhu, Qing Song, Meng Li

“…Second, in the pheromone update stage, the method of calculating the pheromone increment in the traditional ant colony algorithm is modified. …”
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Rank-Based Ant System via the Relative Position in a Local Hierarchy by Tomoko Sakiyama, Kotaro Uneme, Ikuo Arizono

“…To address this issue, we developed ASmulti, a new type of ASrank, in which each agent contributes to pheromone depositions by estimating its rank by interacting with the encountered agents. …”
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Research on Clue Mining in Criminal Cases of Smart Phone Trojan Horse under the Background of Information Security by Li Gang, Yong Wen

“…By analyzing the pheromone distribution information in the convergent state, the calculation of the semantic relevance is completed. …”
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Know Your Pests When Trapping Soybean Looper in the Florida Panhandle by Ethan T. Carter, Tyler Shaw, Libbie Johnson, Silvana V. Paula-Moraes

“… Pheromone trapping is a common scouting method used in collaboration with integrated pest management. …”
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Bionic Optimization Based Stability and Congestion Aware Routing Algorithm for Airborne Highly Dynamic Network by Yunlong Yu, Le Ru, Sheng Mao, Kangning Sun, Qiangqiang Yu, Kun Fang

“…A new volatilization mechanism of pheromone is also introduced into the algorithm. Meanwhile, the algorithm can make adjustment to the variance of UAV formation to prevent the compromise of the network performance. …”
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Chemical profiles of venom glands in queens, foundresses, pre-wintering gynes, and workers in the hornet Vespa velutina nigrithorax by Berville, Laurence, Lucas, Christophe, Haouzi, Mélissa, Khalil, Ali, Gévar, Jérémy, Bagnères, Anne-Geneviève, Darrouzet, Eric

“…However, to successfully conduct targeted pheromone-based trapping, the hornet’s chemical ecology must be thoroughly characterized. …”
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CD-1 mice females recognize male reproductive success via volatile organic compounds in urine by A. S. Khotskina, E. L. Zavjalov, E. P. Shnayder, L. A. Gerlinskaya, S. O. Maslennikova, D. V. Petrovskii, M. N. Baldin, A. L. Makas, V. M. Gruznov, M. L. Troshkov, M. P. Moshkin

“…It turned out that these substances are derivatives of mouse pheromone 6-hydroxy-6-methyl-3-heptanone. The amplitude of peaks corresponding to this pheromone correlated with the testosterone level in blood and the weight of preputial glands. …”
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Research on Cold Chain Logistics Distribution Route Based on Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm by Haiou Xiong

“…Meanwhile, the updating mode of traditional pheromone is improved to limit the maximum and minimum pheromone concentration on the road and change the path selection transfer probability. …”
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An Efficient Tourism Path Approach Based on Improved Ant Colony Optimization in Hilly Areas by Mohamed A. Damos, Wenbo Xu, Jun Zhu, Ali Ahmed, Abdolraheem Khader

“…Although widely used, this algorithm faces a number of limitations due to its slow implementation and pheromone update rules. This paper introduces a new approach to overcome these limitations. …”
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A multitasking ant system for multi-depot pick-up and delivery location routing problem with time window by Haoyuan Lv, Ruochen Liu, Jianxia Li

“…Furthermore, MTAS achieves knowledge sharing among all routing tasks through adaptive similarity measurement and cross-task pheromone fusion strategy. The former can dynamically capture the relationship between tasks to adjust the transfer strength of task pairs, and the latter realizes adaptive knowledge transfer by pheromone-matrix mixing. …”
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Season-long comparison of trap lures for integrated management of the navel orangeworm (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in almond and pistachio by Joel P. Siegel, Charles S. Burks, Houston Wilson

“…Abstract Monitoring navel orangeworm, Amyelois transitella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) using pheromone lures is now complicated by the use of mating disruption. …”
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Designing and testing novel artificial shelter traps to mass-trap overwintering brown marmorated stink bugs: a proof-of-concept study in Northwestern China by Jin-Ping Zhang, Gonzalo Avila, Gang Ma, Qian-Qian Mi, Adriana Najar-Rodriguez, Ju-Hong Chen, Chun-Sen Ma, Feng Zhang

“…The trapping efficacy was found to not be affected by experimental sites or locations nor by the presence of the BMSB aggregation pheromone lure. Conclusions Our results showed that traps made of black corflute with slit doors were generally preferred by overwintering BMSB. …”
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