Fundamentals of Natural Computing: Basic Concepts, Algorithms, and Applications

by Leandro Nunes de Castro

Overview

Natural computing brings together nature and computing to develop new computational tools for problem solving; to synthesize natural patterns and behaviors in computers; and to potentially design novel types of computers. Fundamentals of Natural Computing: Basic Concepts, Algorithms, and Applications presents a wide-ranging survey of novel techniqu

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040069417
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	06/02/2006
Series:	Chapman & Hall/CRC Computer and Information Science Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	696
File size:	7 MB

Table of Contents

Introduction. Conceptualization. PART I - COMPUTING INSPIRED BY NATURE. Evolutionary Computing. Neurocomputing. Swarm Intelligence. Immunocomputing. PART II - SIMULATION AND EMULATION OF NATURAL PHENOMENA IN COMPUTERS. Fractal Geometry of Nature. Artificial Life. PART III - COMPUTING WITH NATURAL MATERIALS. DNA Computing. Quantum Computing. Afterwords. Appendices. Index. Natural computing

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… well written … a thorough introduction about the relationship of computing and nature.

—Jan Friso Groote, in Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1130

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… well written … a thorough introduction about the relationship of computing and nature.

—Jan Friso Groote, in Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1130

… well written … a thorough introduction about the relationship of computing and nature.
—Jan Friso Groote, in Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1130

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