AN EFFICIENT SEGMENTATION ALGORITHM FOR ENTITY INTERACTION

Authors

  • Eugene Ch'ng University of Wolverhampton, School of Computing and Information Technology, UK

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17161/bi.v6i1.1633

Keywords:

segmentation, optimisation algorithms, artificial life, individual-based model, agent-based model, entity interaction

Abstract

The inventorying of biological diversity and studies in biocomplexity require the management of large electronic datasets of organisms. While species inventory has adopted structured electronic databases for some time, the computer modelling of the functional interactions between biological entities at all levels of life is still in the stage of development. One of the challenges for this type of modelling is the biotic interactions that occur between large datasets of entities represented as computer algorithms. In real-time simulation that models the biotic interactions of large population datasets, the use of computational processing time could be extensive. One way of increasing the efficiency of such simulation is to partition the landscape so that entities need only traverse its local space for entities that falls within the interaction proximity. This article presents an efficient segmentation algorithm for biotic interactions for research related to the modelling and simulation of biological systems.

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Author Biography

  • Eugene Ch'ng, University of Wolverhampton, School of Computing and Information Technology, UK
    Senior Lecturer, School of Computing and Information Technology. The University of Wolverhampton Area of Research: Enhanced Virtual Environments, Virtual Reality, Artificial Life and Biological Systems Modelling.

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Published

2009-04-10

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Articles (peer-reviewed)

How to Cite

Ch'ng, Eugene. 2009. “AN EFFICIENT SEGMENTATION ALGORITHM FOR ENTITY INTERACTION”. Biodiversity Informatics 6 (1): 5-17. https://doi.org/10.17161/bi.v6i1.1633.