Organic computing / Rolf P. Würtz (ed.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Würtz, Rolf P.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Understanding complex systems

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Molecular computers.

Organic compounds--Industrial applications.

Organic compounds.

Physical Description:

xi, 355 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Springer, 2008.

Summary:

Organic Computing is a research field emerging around the conviction that problems of organization in complex systems in computer science, telecommunications, neurobiology, molecular biology, ethology, and possibly even sociology can be tackled scientifically in a unified way. From the computer science point of view, the apparent ease with which living systems solve computationally difficult problems makes it inevitable to adopt strategies observed in nature for creating information processing machinery. In this book, the major ideas behind Organic Computing are delineated, together with a sparse sample of computational projects undertaken in this new field. Biological metaphors include evolution, neural networks, gene-regulatory networks, networks of brain modules, hormone systems, insect swarms, and ant colonies. Applications are as diverse as system design, optimization, artificial growth, task allocation, clustering, routing, face recognition, and sign language understanding.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Organic Computing / Rolf P. Wurtz 1

2 The Organic Future of Information Technology / Christoph von der Malsburg 7

3 Systems Engineering for Organic Computing: The Challenge of Shared Design and Control between OC Systems and their Human Engineers / Kirstie L. Bellman, Christopher Landauer, Phyllis R. Nelson 25

4 Controlled Emergence and Self-Organization / Christian Muller-Scholer, Bernhard Sick 81

5 Organic Computing and Complex Dynamical Systems - Conceptual Foundations and Interdisciplinary Perspectives / Klaus Mainzer 105

6 Evolutionary Design of Emergent Behavior / Jurgen Branke, Hartmut Schmeck 123

7 Genesis of Organic Computing Systems: Coupling Evolution and Learning / Christian Igel, Bernhard Sendhoff 141

8 Organically Grown Architectures: Creating Decentralized, Autonomous Systems by Embryomorphic Engineering / Rene Doursat 167

9 Artificial Development / Simon Harding, Wolfgang Banzhaf 201

10 Self-adaptive Worker-Helper Systems with Self-Organized Task Allocation / Daniel Merkle, Martin Middendorf, Alexander Scheidler 221

11 Concepts for Self-Adaptive and Self-Healing Networked Embedded Systems / Thilo Streichert, Christian Haubelt, Dirk Koch, Jurgen Teich 241

12 An Artificial Hormone System for Self-Organizing Real-Time Task Allocation in Organic Middleware / Uwe Brinkschulte, Mathias Pacher, Alexander von Renteln 261

13 Bio-Inspired Networking - Self-Organizing Networked Embedded Systems / Falko Dressler 285

14 Subspace Image Representation for Facial Expression Analysis and Face Recognition and its Relation to the Human Visual System / Ioan Buciu, Ioannis Pitas 303

15 Self-organized Evaluation of Dynamic Hand Gestures for Sign Language Recognition / Maximilian Kruger, Christoph von der Malsburg, Rolf P. Wurtz 321.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9783540776567

3540776567

OCLC:

213479598