Design by evolution
Subtitle: advances in evolutionary design
By: Philip F. Hingston, Luigi C. Barone, Zbigniew Michalewicz, (eds.) ; foreword by David B. Fogel
Series: Natural computing series; Natural computing series
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Berlin; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9783540741091; 9783540741114; 9783642093463
Subjects: Embryonalentwicklung; Evolutionary programming (Computer science); Evolutiona re Systementwicklung; Soft Computing; Computer algorithms; Ku nstliches Leben; Evolutionary computation; Computer-aided design; Evolutiona rer Algorithmus; Entwicklungsbiologie; CAD
Description: "Evolution is Nature's design process. The natural world is full of wonderful examples of its successes, from engineering design feats such as powered flight, to the design of complex optical systems such as the mammalian eye, to the merely stunningly beautiful designs of orchids or birds of paradise. With increasing computational power, we are now able to simulate this process with greater fidelity, combining complex simulations with high-performance evolutionary algorithms to tackle problems that used to be impractical." "This book showcases the state of the art in evolutionary algorithms for design. The chapters are organized by experts in the following fields: evolutionary design and "intelligent design" in biology, art, computational embryogeny, and engineering. The book will be of interest to researchers, practitioners and graduate students in natural computing, engineering design, biology and the creative arts."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cover; title: TOC-Contents; title: Part I: Biology; title: Evolutionary Design in Biology; title: CH1 Intelligent Design and Evolutionary Computation; title: CH2 Inference of Genetic Networks Using an Evolutionary Algorithm; title: CH3 Synthetic Biology: Life, Jim, but Not As We Know It; title: CH4 Dancing with Swarms: Utilizing Swarm Intelligence to Build, Investigate, and Control Complex Systems; title: Part II: Art; title: Evolutionary Design in Art; title: CH5 Natural Processes and Artificial Procedures; title: CH6 Evolutionary Exploration of Complex Fractals; title: CH7 Evolving the Mandelbrot Set to Imitate Figurative Art; title: CH8 Evolutionary L-systems; title: Part III: Embryogeny; title: Evolutionary Design in Embryogeny; title: CH9 Embryogenesis of Artificial Landscapes; title: CH10 On Form and Function: The Evolution of Developmental Control; title: CH11 Modularity in a Computational Model of Embryogeny; title: Part IV: Engineering; title: Evolutionary Design in Engineering; title: CH12 Engineering Optimization Using Evolutionary Algorithms: A Case Study on Hydro-thermal Power Scheduling; title: CH13 Multimodal Function Optimization of Varied-Line-Spacing Holographic Grating; title: CH14 GPBG: A Framework for Evolutionary Design of Multi-domain Engineering Systems Using Genetic Programming and Bond Graphs; title: Index.