Author:Booth, R; Meyer, TDate:Aug 2010In studies of multi-agent interaction, especially in game theory, the notion of equilibrium often plays a prominent role. A typical scenario for the belief merging problem is one in which several agents pool their beliefs together to form a ...Read more
Author:Ballav, N; Maity, Arjun; Mishra, SBDate:Aug 2012Glycine doped polypyrrole (PPy-gly) adsorbent was prepared via in situ polymerization of pyrrole (Py) monomer in the presence of glycine (gly) for the removal of Cr(VI). Formation of PPy homopolymer and inclusion of gly in the PPy matrix were ...Read more
Author:Bhaumik, M; Maity, Arjun; Srinivasu, VV; Onyango, MSDate:Feb 2012Polypyrrole-polyaniline (PPy-PANI) nanofibers as adsorbent of Cr(VI) were prepared without template via coupling of propagating PPy+ and PANI+ free radicals by simultaneous polymerization of Py and ANI monomers in presence of FeCl3 oxidant. ...Read more
Author:Kera, Nazia H; Bhaumik, M; Ballav, N; Pillay, K; Ray, Suprakas S; Maity, ArjunDate:Aug 2016A polypyrrole/2,5-diaminobenzenesulfonic acid (PPy/DABSA) composite, synthesised by the in situ oxidative polymerization of pyrrole in the presence of DABSA, was studied as an adsorbent for the removal of Cr(VI) from aqueous solution. The ...Read more
Author:Van den Bergh, F; Engelbrecht, APDate:2006Particle swarm optimization (PSO) has shown to be an efficient, robust and simple optimization algorithm. Most of the PSO studies are empirical, with only a few theoretical analyses that concentrate on understanding particle trajectories. ...Read more