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Unconventional Computation and Natural Computation

13th International Conference, UCNC 2014, London, ON, Canada, July 14-18, 2014, Proceedings

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, volume 8553)

Part of the book sub series: Theoretical Computer Science and General Issues (LNTCS)

Conference series link(s): UCNC: International Conference on Unconventional Computation and Natural Computation

Conference proceedings info: UCNC 2014.

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Table of contents (31 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-24
  2. Scaled Tree Fractals Do not Strictly Self-assemble

    • Kimberly Barth, David Furcy, Scott M. Summers, Paul Totzke
    Pages 27-39
  3. GUBS a Language for Synthetic Biology: Specification and Compilation

    • Adrien Basso-Blandin, Franck Delaplace
    Pages 40-53
  4. Modeling Syntactic Complexity with P Systems: A Preview

    • Gemma Bel Enguix, Benedek Nagy
    Pages 54-66
  5. Simulating Cancer Growth Using Cellular Automata to Detect Combination Drug Targets

    • Jenna Butler, Frances Mackay, Colin Denniston, Mark Daley
    Pages 67-79
  6. Towards an MP Model for B Lymphocytes Maturation

    • Alberto Castellini, Giuditta Franco, Vincenzo Manca, Riccardo Ortolani, Antonio Vella
    Pages 80-92
  7. Pseudo-inversion on Formal Languages

    • Da-Jung Cho, Yo-Sub Han, Shin-Dong Kang, Hwee Kim, Sang-Ki Ko, Kai Salomaa
    Pages 93-104
  8. Reverse-Engineering Nonlinear Analog Circuits with Evolutionary Computation

    • Theodore W. Cornforth, Hod Lipson
    Pages 105-116
  9. Dynamic Adaptive Neural Network Array

    • Mark E. Dean, Catherine D. Schuman, J. Douglas Birdwell
    Pages 129-141
  10. Unconventional Arithmetic: A System for Computation Using Action Potentials

    • Jonathan Edwards, Simon O’Keefe, William D. Henderson
    Pages 155-163
  11. Reservoir Computing Approach to Robust Computation Using Unreliable Nanoscale Networks

    • Alireza Goudarzi, Matthew R. Lakin, Darko Stefanovic
    Pages 164-176
  12. On DNA-Based Gellular Automata

    • Masami Hagiya, Shaoyu Wang, Ibuki Kawamata, Satoshi Murata, Teijiro Isokawa, Ferdinand Peper et al.
    Pages 177-189
  13. Doubles and Negatives are Positive (in Self-assembly)

    • Jacob Hendricks, Matthew J. Patitz, Trent A. Rogers
    Pages 190-202
  14. Languages Associated with Crystallographic Symmetry

    • NataÅ¡a Jonoska, Mile Krajcevski, Gregory McColm
    Pages 216-228
  15. An Energy-Efficient Computing Approach by Filling the Connectome Gap

    • Yasunao Katayama, Toshiyuki Yamane, Daiju Nakano
    Pages 229-241

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About this book

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Unconventional Computation and Natural Computation, UCNC 2014, held in London, ON, Canada, in July 2014. The 31 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 79 submissions. The papers cover a wide range of topics including among others molecular, quantum, optical and chaos computing as well as neural computation, evolutionary computation, swarm intelligence and computational neuroscience.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Santa Barbara College of Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

    Oscar H. Ibarra

  • University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

    Lila Kari, Steffen Kopecki

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Unconventional Computation and Natural Computation

  • Book Subtitle: 13th International Conference, UCNC 2014, London, ON, Canada, July 14-18, 2014, Proceedings

  • Editors: Oscar H. Ibarra, Lila Kari, Steffen Kopecki

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Computer Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08123-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-08122-9Published: 25 July 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-08123-6Published: 08 July 2014

  • Series ISSN: 0302-9743

  • Series E-ISSN: 1611-3349

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXX, 394

  • Number of Illustrations: 183 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Computation by Abstract Devices, Theory of Computation, Pattern Recognition, Artificial Intelligence

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eBook USD 39.99
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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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