Biological Functions for Information and Communication Technologies Theory and Inspiration /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sawai, Hidefumi (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Series: Studies in Computational Intelligence, 320
• Subjects: Engineering.; Chemistry, Physical and theoretical.; Artificial intelligence.; Bioinformatics.; Complexity, Computational.; Engineering design.; Engineering Design.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Complexity.; Computational Biology/Bioinformatics.; Theoretical and Computational Chemistry.

By incorporating biologically-inspired functions into ICT, various types of new-generation information and communication systems can be created. Just some example of areas already benefiting from such design inspiration are network architectures, information processing, molecular communication, and...

Table of Contents:

• Prologue
• Reconsidering Information and Communications Technology From Life
• Molecular Communication as a Biological ICT
• Artificial Chemistry and Molecular Networks
• Signal Transduction in Biological Systems and Its Possible Uses in Computation and Communication Systems
• For Deeper Understanding.