Biological computation. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Ehud Lamm, Ron Unger.
• Other Names: Lamm, Ehud; Unger, Ron
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Chapman and Hall/CRC
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 006.32; Biocomputers
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781420087963; 1420087967
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.