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NATURE-INSPIRED INFORMATICS FOR INTELLIGENT APPL AND KNOWLEDGE : IMPLICATIONS IN BUSINESS, SCIENCE, AND ENGINEERING

By CHIONG (Author)

Price : ~~$180.00~~  $144.00
ISBN : 9781605667058
Page : 0
Year of Publication : 2009    Edition : 1
Publisher : IGI GLOBAL (IDEA GROUP)
Subject : COMPUTER SCIENCE - IT

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Description :

Recently, nature has stimulated many successful techniques, algorithms, and computational applications allowing conventionally difficult problems to be solved through novel computing systems. Nature-Inspired Informatics for Intelligent Applications and Knowledge Discovery: Implications in Business, Science, and Engineering provides the latest findings in nature-inspired algorithms and their applications for breakthroughs in a wide range of disciplinary fields. This defining reference collection contains chapters written by leading researchers and well-known academicians within the field, offering readers a valuable and enriched accumulation of knowledge.

Content :

Preface ................................................................................................................................................. xv Acknowledgment ............................................................................................................................... xxi Section 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Nature that Breeds Solutions .................................................................................................................. 1 Raymond Chiong, Swinburne University of Technology (Sarawak Campus), Malaysia Ferrante Neri, University of Jyväskylä, Finland Robert I. McKay, Seoul National University, Korea Section 2 Nature-Inspired Solutions in Business Chapter 2 An Application of Genetic Programming to Forecasting Foreign Exchange Rates ............................. 26 Muneer Buckley, University of Adelaide, Australia Zbigniew Michalewicz, University of Adelaide, Australia; Institute of Computer Science, Polish Academy of Sciences & Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology, Poland Ralf Zurbruegg, University of Adelaide, Australia Chapter 3 Intelligent Business Process Execution using Particle Swarm Optimization ...................................... 49 Markus Kress, University of Karlsruhe, Germany Sanaz Mostaghim, University of Karlsruhe, Germany Detlef Seese, University of Karlsruhe, Germany Table of Contents Section 3 Nature-Inspired Solutions in Science Chapter 4 An Artificial Life-Based Vegetation Modelling Approach for Biodiversity Research ......................... 68 Eugene Ch’ng, University of Wolverhampton, UK Chapter 5 Multimodal Genetic Algorithms for Craniofacial Superimposition ................................................... 119 Óscar Ibáñez, European Centre for Soft Computing, Spain Oscar Cordón, European Centre for Soft Computing, Spain Sergio Damas, European Centre for Soft Computing, Spain José Santamaría, University of Jaen, Spain Chapter 6 Neural Networks in Medicine: Improving Difficult Automated Detection of Cancer in the Bile Ducts .................................................................................................................................. 144 Rajasvaran Logeswaran, Multimedia University, Malaysia Chapter 7 Solving Complex Problems in Human Genetics using Nature-Inspired Algorithms Requires Strategies which Exploit Domain-Specific Knowledge ...................................................... 166 Casey S. Greene, Dartmouth College, USA Jason H. Moore, Dartmouth College, USA Section 4 Nature-Inspired Solutions in Computing & Engineering Chapter 8 AGE-P: An Evolutionary Platform for the Self-Organization of Smart-Appliance Ensembles ......... 182 Ralf Salomon, University of Rostock, Germany Stefan Goldmann, University of Rostock, Germany Chapter 9 Modelling Biological Processes Naturally using Systemic Computation: Genetic Algorithms, Neural Networks, and Artificial Immune Systems ............................................ 204 Erwan Le Martelot, University College London, UK Peter J Bentley, University College London, UK Chapter 10 Noble Ape’s Cognitive Simulation: From Agar to Dreaming and Beyond ........................................ 242 Thomas S Barbalet, Noble Ape, USA Chapter 11 Genetic Programming for Robust Text Independent Speaker Verification ......................................... 259 Peter Day, d-fine Ltd, UK Asoke K Nandi, University of Liverpool, UK Chapter 12 Combinational Circuit Design with Estimation of Distribution Algorithms ...................................... 281 Sergio Ivvan Valdez Peña, Centre for Research in Mathematics, Mexico Arturo Hernández Aguirre, Centre for Research in Mathematics, Mexico Salvador Botello Rionda, Centre for Research in Mathematics, Mexico Cyntia Araiza Delgado, Centre for Research in Mathematics, Mexico Chapter 13 From the Real Ant to the Artificial Ant: Applications in Combinatorial Optimization, Data Clustering, Collective Robotics and Image Processing .............................................................. 298 Moussa Diaf, Université Mouloud Mammeri, Algeria Kamal Hammouche, Université Mouloud Mammeri, Algeria Patrick Siarry, Université Paris 12 Val de Marne, France Chapter 14 Nature-Inspired Informatics for Telecommunication Network Design .............................................. 323 Sergio Nesmachnow, Universidad de la República, Uruguay Héctor Cancela, Universidad de la República, Uruguay Enrique Alba, Universidad de Málaga, Spain Compilation of References ............................................................................................................... 372 About the Contributors .................................................................................................................... 412 Index ................................................................................................................................................... 420