Biological Computation

About this book

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. Introduction and Biological BackgroundBiological ComputationThe Influence of Biology on Mathematics-Historical ExamplesBiological IntroductionModels and Simulations Cellular Automata Biological BackgroundThe Game of Life General Definition of Cellular Automata One-Dimensional AutomataExamples of Cellular AutomataComparison with a Continuous Mathematical Model Computational UniversalitySelf-Replication Pseudo Code Evolutionary ComputationEvolutionary Biology and Evolutionary ComputationGenetic AlgorithmsExample ApplicationsAnalysis of the Behavior of Genetic AlgorithmsLamarckian Evolution Genet.