Natural computing is a terminology introduced to encompass three classes of methods:(1)
those that take inspiration from nature for the development of novel problem-solving …

Natural Computing is the field of research that investigates both human-designed computing
inspired by nature and computing taking place in nature, that is, it investigates models and …

The field of natural computing has been the focus of a substantial research effort in recent
decades. One particular strand of this concerns the development of computational …

Recent Developments in Biologically Inspired Computing is necessary reading for
undergraduate and graduate students, and researchers interested in knowing the most …

This is a well-crafted, readable book, useful to those interested in the various
interdisciplinary aspects of science, and with an emphasis on the relationship of biology to …

This paper presents an overview of significant advances made in the emerging field of
nature-inspired computing (NIC) with a focus on the physics-and biology-based approaches …

A comprehensive introduction to new approaches in artificial intelligence and robotics that
are inspired by self-organizing biological processes and structures. New approaches to …

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 …

Optimization is a branch of applied mathematics and numerical analysis. Almost every
problem in engineering, science, economics, and life can be formulated as an optimization …

Our concepts of biology, evolution, and complexity are constrained by having observed only
a single instance of life, life on Earth. A truly comparative biology is needed to extend these …