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Biological computation /

The area of biologically inspired computing, or biological computation, involves the development of new, biologically based techniques for solving difficult computational problems. A unified overview of computer science ideas inspired by biology, Biological Computation presents the most fundamental...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lamm, Ehud
Otros Autores: Unger, Ron
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] : Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2011.
Colección:Chapman & Hall/CRC mathematical and computational biology series
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
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  • Introduction and Biological Background; Biological Computation; The Influence of Biology on Mathematics--Historical Examples; Biological Introduction; Models and Simulations Cellular Automata ; Biological Background; The Game of Life; General Definition of Cellular Automata; One-Dimensional Automata; Examples of Cellular Automata; Comparison with a Continuous Mathematical Model; Computational Universality; Self-Replication; Pseudo Code Evolutionary Computation ; Evolutionary Biology and Evolutionary Computation; Genetic Algorithms; Example Applications; Analysis of the Behavior of Genetic Algorithms; Lamarckian Evolution; Genetic Programming; A Second Look at the Evolutionary Process; Pseudo Code Artificial Neural Networks ; Biological Background; Learning; Artificial Neural Networks; The Perceptron; Learning in a Multilayered Network; Associative Memory; Unsupervised Learning Molecular Computation; Biological Background; Computation Using DNA; Enzymatic Computation The Never-Ending Story: Additional Topics at the Interface between Biology and Computation ; Swarm Intelligence; Artificial Immune Systems; Artificial Life; Systems Biology; Recommendations for Additional Reading A Summary, Further Reading, Exercises, and Answers appear at the end of each chapter.