Browsing by Subject "information theory"
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Hosts of avian brood parasites have evolved egg signatures with elevated information content.
(Proc Biol Sci, 2015-07-07)Hosts of brood-parasitic birds must distinguish their own eggs from parasitic mimics, or pay the cost of mistakenly raising a foreign chick. Egg discrimination is easier when different host females of the same species each ... -
Information-driven Sensor Path Planning and the Treasure Hunt Problem
(2008-04-25)This dissertation presents a basic information-driven sensor management problem, referred to as treasure hunt, that is relevant to mobile-sensor applications such as mine hunting, monitoring, and surveillance. The objective ...