Evolvable Systems: From Biology to Hardware 9th International Conference, ICES 2010, York, UK, September 6-8, 2010. Proceedings /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Tempesti, Gianluca (Editor), Tyrrell, Andy M. (Editor), Miller, Julian F. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 6274
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer communication systems.; Special purpose computers.; Software engineering.; Computers.; Computer logic.; Artificial intelligence.; Computer Science.; Software Engineering.; Computation by Abstract Devices.; Computer Communication Networks.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Logics and Meanings of Programs.; Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems.

Biology has inspired electronics from the very beginning: the machines that we now call computers are deeply rooted in biological metaphors. Pioneers such as Alan Turing and John von Neumann openly declared their aim of creating arti?cial machines that could mimic some of the behaviors exhibited by...