Biological computation / Ehud Lamm, Ron Unger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lamm, Ehud.

Contributor:

Unger, Ron.

Series:

Chapman and Hall/CRC mathematical & computational biology series.

Chapman & Hall/CRC Mathematical and Computational Biology Series

A Chapman & Hall Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biocomputers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (332 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC Press, ©2011.

Boca Raton, Florida ; London, [England] ; New York : CRC Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 and significant concepts in this area. In the book, students discover that bacteria communicate, that DNA can be used for performing computations, how evolution solves optimization problems, that the way ants organize their nests can be applied to solve clustering problems, and what the human immune system can teach us about protecting computer networks. The authors discuss more biological examples such as these, along with the computational techniques developed from these scenarios.

Contents:

Front Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction and Biological Background; Chapter 2: Cellular Automata; Chapter 3: Evolutionary Computation; Chapter 4: Artificial Neural Networks; Chapter 5: Molecular Computation; Chapter 6: The Never-Ending Story: Additional Topics at the Interface between Biology and Computation; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-138-05075-X

0-429-13854-7

1-4200-8796-7

9780429138546

OCLC:

908078813