Biomimicry for Optimization, Control, and Automation

• Main Author: Passino, Kevin M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2005.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer simulation.; Mathematical optimization.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Electrical engineering.; Computer Science.; Simulation and Modeling.; Optimization.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Communications Engineering, Networks.

Biomimicry uses our scienti?c understanding of biological systems to exploit ideas from nature in order to construct some technology. In this book, we focus onhowtousebiomimicryof the functionaloperationofthe “hardwareandso- ware” of biological systems for the development of optimization algorithms...

Table of Contents:

• Challenges in Computer Control and Automation
• Scientific Foundations for Biomimicry
• For Further Study
• Elements of Decision Making
• Neural Network Substrates for Control Instincts
• Rule-Based Control
• Planning Systems
• Attentional Systems
• For Further Study
• Learning
• Learning and Control
• Linear Least Squares Methods
• Gradient Methods
• Adaptive Control
• For Further Study
• Evolution
• The Genetic Algorithm
• Stochastic and Nongradient Optimization for Design
• Evolution and Learning: Synergistic Effects
• For Further Study
• Foraging
• Cooperative Foraging and Search
• Competitive and Intelligent Foraging
• For Further Study.