Nature Inspired Cooperative Strategies for Optimization (NICSO 2007)

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Krasnogor, Natalio (Editor), Nicosia, Giuseppe (Editor), Pavone, Mario (Editor), Pelta, David (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Studies in Computational Intelligence, 129
• Subjects: Computer science.; Artificial intelligence.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Computer Science.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.

Biological and natural processes have been a continuous source of inspiration for the sciences and engineering. For instance, the work of Wiener in cybernetics was influenced by feedback control processes observable in biological systems; McCulloch and Pitts description of the artificial neuron was...