scholarly journals The time, the path, its length and strenuousness in maze learning

Psihologija ◽  
2022 ◽  
pp. 5-5
Author(s):  
Senka Kostic ◽  
Oliver Toskovic

Previous findings show that rats in a maze tend to choose the shortest path to reach food. But it is not clear whether this choice is based on path length solely, or some other factors. The aim of this experiment was to investigate which factor dominates the behavior in a maze: path (longer and shorter), time (longer and shorter), or effort (more or less strenuous). The experiment involved 40 mice (4 groups), learning a maze with two paths. Each group went through only one of the situations within which we kept one factor constant on two paths while the remaining two factors were varied. Only in the fourth situation all factors were equalized. The results show that there is a statistically significant difference in the maze path preference between four situations. Preference between the paths is such that mice always choose paths requiring less effort.

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas Guilbeault ◽  
Damon Centola

AbstractThe standard measure of distance in social networks – average shortest path length – assumes a model of “simple” contagion, in which people only need exposure to influence from one peer to adopt the contagion. However, many social phenomena are “complex” contagions, for which people need exposure to multiple peers before they adopt. Here, we show that the classical measure of path length fails to define network connectedness and node centrality for complex contagions. Centrality measures and seeding strategies based on the classical definition of path length frequently misidentify the network features that are most effective for spreading complex contagions. To address these issues, we derive measures of complex path length and complex centrality, which significantly improve the capacity to identify the network structures and central individuals best suited for spreading complex contagions. We validate our theory using empirical data on the spread of a microfinance program in 43 rural Indian villages.


2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-37
Author(s):  
Istiqomah Istiqomah ◽  
Ana Amiroh ◽  
Dwi Choiriyah ◽  
Suharso Suharso

Rice is a rice-producing food crop which now plays an important role in economic life in Indonesia. Namely rice as a staple food is very difficult to replace by other staples. Among them are corn, tubers, sago and other carbohydrate sources. So that the existence of rice is now a top priority for the community in meeting the needs of carbohydrate intake that can be filling and is a source of primary carbohydrates that are easily replaced into an energy source. Rice as a staple food is consumed by approximately 90% of the total population in Indonesia for daily essential food (Saragih,2001). How to plant with the jajar legowo system has the advantage that the plants are on the edge so that optimal sunshine can cause plant productivity to be high, facilitate weed control and pests / diseases, use of fertilizer more effectively and the availability of empty space for regulating water channel circulation on land (Sirrapa, 2011). This research was conducted using Factorial Randomized Block Design (RBD) method, which consisted of two factors and each factor consisting of 3 levels repeated 3 times, namely: J1: Conventional,J2: Jajar Legowo 2: 1,J3: Jajar Legowo 4: 1. Factor II: Varieties with 3 levels, V1: Situ Bagendit, V2: Ciherang,V3: IR-64. Of the two factors 9 combinations of treatments were obtained and repeated 3 times. Data obtained from observations were calculated by analysis of variance with the Fisher test (-F test at the level of 5% and 1%), if there were significant differences, it would be followed by the Smallest Significant Difference test (LSD 5%). The treatment of the legowo 4: 1 row system and the ciherang variety (V2J3) produces a better value than other treatments.


Author(s):  
Rosida Rosida ◽  
Sintha Soraya Santi ◽  
Rohman

This study aimed to determine the effect of the proportion of cow's milk with lesser yam filtrate and starter concentration on the characteristics of synbiotic yoghurt. The research used a factorial completely randomized design (CRD) with two factors, factor I was the proportion of cow's milk with lesser yam filtrate (100:0; 60:40; 50:50; 40:60; 0:100) and factor II was the starter cocentration (3%, 5%, 7%). The data obtained were analyzed using analysis of variant (ANOVA) and if there was a significant difference between treatments, then continued with Duncan's test at the 5% level. Synbiotic yoghurt from proportion of cow's milk with lesser yam filtrate (50:50) and 5% starter concentration was the best treatment with total Lactic Acid Bacteria of 7.23 log CFU/ml; pH 4.20; total dietary fiber 3.05%, soluble fiber content 1.3%, inulin content 1.2%, fat content 0.41% and soluble protein content 2.66% with an average texture preference score of 6.13 (like much); taste core 6.02 (like much) and smell score 5.20 (like).


2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Baqir & Zeboon

A field experiment was conducted at the Agricultural Experiment Unit, College of Agriculture Engineering Sciences, University of Baghdad, during two winter seasons 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 to study the response of some growth traits for wheat Cv. Al forat to foliar spraying using with humic glutamic acid and acid. A factorial experiment was with in Randomized Complete Block Design applied three replications, it involved two factor ,first factor was glutamic acid with three concentrations (0,250,500) mg L-1, second factor was humic acid with three concentrations (0,1,2) ml L-1, have been sprayed at tillering and flowering stages. The results showed that all the studed growth traits (plant height, ,number of tillers, flag leaf area dry weight for plant , crop growth rate ,relative growth rate and biological yield) were affected  by spraying with humic acid and glutamic acid for two season concentration , 2ml -1 from humic acid was superior on most of studies traits , as for glutamic acid ,plants treated with concentrations 250 and 500 mg L-1 were produced the highest mean for studies traits but without significant difference between them in some traits .The interaction between two factors was significant on most studies growth traits .


1995 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Dubois ◽  
Frédéric Semet

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ranjan Kumar ◽  
Sripati Jha ◽  
Ramayan Singh

The authors present a new algorithm for solving the shortest path problem (SPP) in a mixed fuzzy environment. With this algorithm, the authors can solve the problems with different sets of fuzzy numbers e.g., normal, trapezoidal, triangular, and LR-flat fuzzy membership functions. Moreover, the authors can solve the fuzzy shortest path problem (FSPP) with two different membership functions such as normal and a fuzzy membership function under real-life situations. The transformation of the fuzzy linear programming (FLP) model into a crisp linear programming model by using a score function is also investigated. Furthermore, the shortcomings of some existing methods are discussed and compared with the algorithm. The objective of the proposed method is to find the fuzzy shortest path (FSP) for the given network; however, this is also capable of predicting the fuzzy shortest path length (FSPL) and crisp shortest path length (CSPL). Finally, some numerical experiments are given to show the effectiveness and robustness of the new model. Numerical results show that this method is superior to the existing methods.


2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 36-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
António Leitão ◽  
Adriano Vinhas ◽  
Penousal Machado ◽  
Francisco Câmara Pereira

Inverse Combinatorial Optimization has become a relevant research subject over the past decades. In graph theory, the Inverse Shortest Path Length problem becomes relevant when people don't have access to the real cost of the arcs and want to infer their value so that the system has a specific outcome, such as one or more shortest paths between nodes. Several approaches have been proposed to tackle this problem, relying on different methods, and several applications have been suggested. This study explores an innovative evolutionary approach relying on a genetic algorithm. Two scenarios and corresponding representations are presented and experiments are conducted to test how they react to different graph characteristics and parameters. Their behaviour and differences are thoroughly discussed. The outcome supports that evolutionary algorithms may be a viable venue to tackle Inverse Shortest Path problems.


Healthcare ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 375
Author(s):  
Ho-Jin Shin ◽  
Jin-Hwa Jung ◽  
Sung-Hyeon Kim ◽  
Suk-Chan Hahm ◽  
Hwi-young Cho

Balance ability is a necessary exercise factor required for the activities of daily living. This study investigated the effects of short-term complex exercise (CE) and core stability exercise (CSE) on balance ability and trunk and lower-extremity muscle activation on healthy male adults. Twenty-nine healthy male adults were included. All performed CE and CSE for 1 min each; the exercise order was randomized. The primary and secondary outcomes were balance ability and muscle activation, respectively. In balance ability, CE showed a significant difference in all variables in both eye-opened and eye-closed conditions compared with the baseline (p < 0.05). In comparisons among exercises, the path length and average velocity variables showed a significant decrease in the eye-opened condition, and the path length variable showed a significant decrease in the eye-closed condition (p < 0.05). In muscle activation, CE showed a significant increase in the gluteus medius (Gmed) and decrease in the rectus femoris (RF), tibialis anterior (TA), and RF/biceps femoris (BF) ratio in the eye-opened condition compared to the baseline and a significant decrease in RF and RF/BF ratio in the eye-closed condition (p < 0.05). Both CE and CSE improved the static balance ability. Furthermore, muscle activation significantly increases in Gmed and decreases in the RF, TA, and RF/BF ratio. Therefore, we recommend including CE in an exercise program that has the purpose of improving static balance ability.


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