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Record Nr.

UNINA9910734092503321

Titolo

Computational Matter / / edited by Susan Stepney, Steen Rasmussen, Martyn Amos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-65826-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 337 p.)

Collana

Natural Computing Series, , 2627-6461

Disciplina

004.0151

Soggetti

Computer science

Artificial intelligence

Theory of Computation

Artificial Intelligence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Encoding and Representation -- Formalisms -- Mathematical Aspects of Evolvability -- Autonomy, Programming and Programmability -- Non-Boolean Algebras -- Complexity Issues -- Amorphous Substrates -- Material Simulation/Systems-Scale Simulation/Multiscale Modelling -- Nanoscale Automata -- Electronic Chemical Interaction and Digital Computation -- Molecular and Device Self-assembly and Self-organization -- Interfacing and Architectures: Board and Chip Builders -- Evolution, Coevolution, Evolvable Hardware and Embedded in Materio Evolution -- Reservoir Computing -- Swarm Chemistry -- Molecular/DNA Computing -- Dynamical Stability and Intelligence -- Unconventional Computation and Life -- Unconventional Computing in Society -- Philosophy of Computation.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is concerned with computing in materio: that is, unconventional computing performed by directly harnessing the physical properties of materials. It offers an overview of the field, covering four main areas of interest: theory, practice, applications and implications. Each chapter synthesizes current understanding by deliberately bringing together researchers across a collection of related research projects. The book is useful for graduate students, researchers in the field, and the general scientific reader who is



interested in inherently interdisciplinary research at the intersections of computer science, biology, chemistry, physics, engineering and mathematics.