Natural computing
by
Zsolt Nemeth
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last modified
Apr 26, 2012 12:28
Definitions
Term: Natural computing |
Domain: Cross-cutting issues | ||||
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Engineering and Design (KM-ED) |
Adaptation and Monitoring (KM-AM) |
Quality Definition, Negotiation and
Assurance (KM-QA) |
Generic (domain independent) |
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D o m a i n : L a y e r s |
Business Process Management (KM-BPM) |
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Service Composition and
Coordination (KM-SC) |
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Service Infrastructure (KM-SI) |
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Generic (domain independent) |
An artificial mechanism that mimics nature phenomena related to adaptation to changes in the environment. In this sense, it is a subset of nature inspired computing. Also, it is strongly related to various self-* properties of service systems like self-configuration, self-optimisation, self-healing, self-protection. Examples are: artificial immune system, chemical computing, genetic approaches and many others. [CD-JRA-2.3.4] | An artificial mechanism that mimics nature phenomena related to improving the behaviour according to some criteria, optimisation, self-optimisation. Examples are: ant colonies, swarm intelligence, genetic approaches, simulated annealing and many others. [CD-JRA-2.3.4] | (1) Computing that takes inspiration from nature for
the development of novel problem-solving techniques; (2) Computing that
is based on the use of computers to synthesize natural phenomena; and
(3) Procedure that employs natural materials (e.g., molecules) to
compute [Kari et.al., 2008]. It covers a wide range of approaches and techniques that may come from biology, physics or chemistry: neural networks, artificial immune systems, swarm intelligence, ant colonies, artificial chemistry, genetic algorithms, symbiotic systems, cells, membranes and many others. [CD-JRA-2.3.4] |
Competencies
- INRIA: Chemical modeling, Gamma, Gamma-calculus, Higher Order Chemical Language (HOCL); http://www.irisa.fr ; Jean-Pierre Banatre, Thierry Priol
- CNR: Chemical modeling; http://hpc.isti.cnr.it/?page_id=12
; Claudia di Napoli, Maurizio Giordano
- SZTAKI: Chemical modeling; http://www.lpds.sztaki.hu ; Zsolt
nemeth
Extrenal competencies
- U. of Sydney: various; http://www.it.usyd.edu.au ; Albert Zomaya
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology: various; http://www.softcomputing.net ; Ajith Abraham
- U. of Memphis: artificial immune systems, evolutionary computing; http://www.msci.memphis.edu ; Dipankar Dasgupta
- IRIDIA: ant colony, swarm intelligence; http://code.ulb.ac.be/iridia.home.php ; Marco Dorigo
- U. of New Mexico: artificial immune systems; http://www.cs.unm.edu ; Stephanie Forrest
- U. of Melbourne: various; http://www.buyya.com/ ; Rajkumar Buyya
- Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena: artificial chemistry; http://www.fmi.uni-jena.de/ ; Peter Dittrich
- U. Politecnica de Catalunya: various ; http://www.lsi.upc.edu/ ; Fatos
Xhafa
References
- [CD-JRA-2.3.4] "Decision support for local adaptation" http://www.s-cube-network.eu/results/deliverables/wp-jra-2.3/CD-JRA-2.3.4_Decision%20support%20for%20local%20adaptation.pdf/view
- [Kari et.al., 2008] Lila Kari, Grzegorz Rozenberg (2008). "The Many
Facets of Natural Computing". Communications of the ACM 51:
pp.72–83.