Biological computation

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...

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Main Author: Lamm, Ehud
Other Authors: Unger, Ron
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] Chapman and Hall/CRC 2011
Series:Chapman & Hall/CRC mathematical and computational biology series
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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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
Physical Description:1 online resource illustrations
ISBN:9781420087963