Evolvable Machines Theory & Practice /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Nedjah, Nadia (Editor), Mourelle, Luiza de Macedo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, 161
• Subjects: Engineering.; Artificial intelligence.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Vibration.; Dynamics.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.
• Physical Description: XXV, 258 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783540323648
• ISSN: 1434-9922 ;

Methods for the artificial evolution of active components, such as programs and hardware, are rapidly developing branches of adaptive computation and adaptive engineering. "Evolvable Machines" reports innovative and significant progress in automatic and evolutionary methodology applied to machine design. This book presents theoretical as well as practical chapters concentrating on Evolvable Robots, Evolvable Hardware Synthesis, as well as Evolvable Design.