Complexity, Criticality and Computation (C³)

Complexity, Criticality and Computation (C³)
Title Complexity, Criticality and Computation (C³) PDF eBook
Author Mikhail Prokopenko
Publisher MDPI
Pages 269
Release 2018-04-06
Genre Computers
ISBN 3038425141

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This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Complexity, Criticality and Computation (C³)" that was published in Entropy

Applications of Evolutionary Computation

Applications of Evolutionary Computation
Title Applications of Evolutionary Computation PDF eBook
Author Pedro A. Castillo
Publisher Springer Nature
Pages 709
Release 2020-04-09
Genre Computers
ISBN 3030437221

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 23rd European Conference on Applications of Evolutionary Computation, EvoApplications 2020, held as part of Evo*2020, in Seville, Spain, in April 2020, co-located with the Evo*2020 events EuroGP, EvoMUSART and EvoCOP. The 44 full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 62 submissions. The papers cover a wide spectrum of topics, ranging from applications of bio-inspired techniques on social networks, evolutionary computation in digital healthcare and personalized medicine, soft-computing applied to games, applications of deep-bioinspired algorithms, parallel and distributed systems, and evolutionary machine learning.​

The Local Information Dynamics of Distributed Computation in Complex Systems

The Local Information Dynamics of Distributed Computation in Complex Systems
Title The Local Information Dynamics of Distributed Computation in Complex Systems PDF eBook
Author Joseph T. Lizier
Publisher Springer Science & Business Media
Pages 249
Release 2012-11-06
Genre Technology & Engineering
ISBN 3642329527

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The nature of distributed computation in complex systems has often been described in terms of memory, communication and processing. This thesis presents a complete information-theoretic framework to quantify these operations on information (i.e. information storage, transfer and modification), and in particular their dynamics in space and time. The framework is applied to cellular automata, and delivers important insights into the fundamental nature of distributed computation and the dynamics of complex systems (e.g. that gliders are dominant information transfer agents). Applications to several important network models, including random Boolean networks, suggest that the capability for information storage and coherent transfer are maximised near the critical regime in certain order-chaos phase transitions. Further applications to study and design information structure in the contexts of computational neuroscience and guided self-organisation underline the practical utility of the techniques presented here.

Criticality in Neural Systems

Criticality in Neural Systems
Title Criticality in Neural Systems PDF eBook
Author Dietmar Plenz
Publisher John Wiley & Sons
Pages 734
Release 2014-04-14
Genre Computers
ISBN 3527651020

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Neurowissenschaftler suchen nach Antworten auf die Fragen, wie wir lernen und Information speichern, welche Prozesse im Gehirn verantwortlich sind und in welchem Zeitrahmen diese ablaufen. Die Konzepte, die aus der Physik kommen und weiterentwickelt werden, können in Medizin und Soziologie, aber auch in Robotik und Bildanalyse Anwendung finden. Zentrales Thema dieses Buches sind die sogenannten kritischen Phänomene im Gehirn. Diese werden mithilfe mathematischer und physikalischer Modelle beschrieben, mit denen man auch Erdbeben, Waldbrände oder die Ausbreitung von Epidemien modellieren kann. Neuere Erkenntnisse haben ergeben, dass diese selbstgeordneten Instabilitäten auch im Nervensystem auftreten. Dieses Referenzwerk stellt theoretische und experimentelle Befunde internationaler Gehirnforschung vor zeichnet die Perspektiven dieses neuen Forschungsfeldes auf.

Genetic Algorithms and Genetic Programming in Computational Finance

Genetic Algorithms and Genetic Programming in Computational Finance
Title Genetic Algorithms and Genetic Programming in Computational Finance PDF eBook
Author Shu-Heng Chen
Publisher Springer Science & Business Media
Pages 520
Release 2002-07-31
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 9780792376019

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Accompanying CD-ROM contains ... "a menu-driven software program, Simple GP ..." p, [4] of cover.

Computational Science and Its Applications - ICCSA 2004

Computational Science and Its Applications - ICCSA 2004
Title Computational Science and Its Applications - ICCSA 2004 PDF eBook
Author Antonio Laganà
Publisher Springer Science & Business Media
Pages 1066
Release 2004-05-07
Genre Computers
ISBN 3540220607

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The natural mission of Computational Science is to tackle all sorts of human problems and to work out intelligent automata aimed at alleviating the b- den of working out suitable tools for solving complex problems. For this reason ComputationalScience,thoughoriginatingfromtheneedtosolvethemostch- lenging problems in science and engineering (computational science is the key player in the ?ght to gain fundamental advances in astronomy, biology, che- stry, environmental science, physics and several other scienti?c and engineering disciplines) is increasingly turning its attention to all ?elds of human activity. In all activities, in fact, intensive computation, information handling, kn- ledge synthesis, the use of ad-hoc devices, etc. increasingly need to be exploited and coordinated regardless of the location of both the users and the (various and heterogeneous) computing platforms. As a result the key to understanding the explosive growth of this discipline lies in two adjectives that more and more appropriately refer to Computational Science and its applications: interoperable and ubiquitous. Numerous examples of ubiquitous and interoperable tools and applicationsaregiveninthepresentfourLNCSvolumescontainingthecontri- tions delivered at the 2004 International Conference on Computational Science and its Applications (ICCSA 2004) held in Assisi, Italy, May 14–17, 2004.

The Computational Beauty of Nature

The Computational Beauty of Nature
Title The Computational Beauty of Nature PDF eBook
Author Gary William Flake
Publisher MIT Press
Pages 524
Release 2000-01-27
Genre Computers
ISBN 9780262561273

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Gary William Flake develops in depth the simple idea that recurrent rules can produce rich and complicated behaviors. In this book Gary William Flake develops in depth the simple idea that recurrent rules can produce rich and complicated behaviors. Distinguishing "agents" (e.g., molecules, cells, animals, and species) from their interactions (e.g., chemical reactions, immune system responses, sexual reproduction, and evolution), Flake argues that it is the computational properties of interactions that account for much of what we think of as "beautiful" and "interesting." From this basic thesis, Flake explores what he considers to be today's four most interesting computational topics: fractals, chaos, complex systems, and adaptation. Each of the book's parts can be read independently, enabling even the casual reader to understand and work with the basic equations and programs. Yet the parts are bound together by the theme of the computer as a laboratory and a metaphor for understanding the universe. The inspired reader will experiment further with the ideas presented to create fractal landscapes, chaotic systems, artificial life forms, genetic algorithms, and artificial neural networks.