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Advances in Artificial Life, Evolutionary Computation and Systems Chemistry

10th Italian Workshop, WIVACE 2015, Bari, Italy, September 22-25, 2015, Revised Selected Papers

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Table of contents (18 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
  2. Evolutionary Computation and Genetic Algorithms

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. A Fair Comparison Between Standard PSO Versions

      • Roberto Ugolotti, Stefano Cagnoni
      Pages 3-14
    3. On the Robustness of the Detection of Relevant Sets in Complex Dynamical Systems

      • Marco Villani, Pietro Carra, Andrea Roli, Alessandro Filisetti, Roberto Serra
      Pages 15-28
    4. Dynamically Critical Systems and Power-Law Distributions: Avalanches Revisited

      • Marina L. Di Stefano, Marco Villani, Luca La Rocca, Stuart A. Kauffman, Roberto Serra
      Pages 29-39
    5. Novel Algorithm for Efficient Distribution of Molecular Docking Calculations

      • Luigi Di Biasi, Roberto Fino, Rosaura Parisi, Lucia Sessa, Giuseppe Cattaneo, Alfredo De Santis et al.
      Pages 65-74
  3. Modelling and Simulation of Artificial and Biological Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
    2. Simulating Bacteria-Materials Interactions via Agent-Based Modeling

      • Maria A. Bonifacio, Stefania Cometa, Elvira De Giglio
      Pages 77-82
    3. Models for the Prediction of Antimicrobial Peptides Activity

      • Rosaura Parisi, Ida Moccia, Lucia Sessa, Luigi Di Biasi, Simona Concilio, Stefano Piotto
      Pages 83-91
    4. On the Dynamics of Autocatalytic Cycles in Protocell Models

      • Marco Villani, Alessandro Filisetti, Matthieu Nadini, Roberto Serra
      Pages 92-105
    5. A Combined Preprocessing Method for Retinal Vessel Detection Towards Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy Screening

      • Leonarda Carnimeo, Annamaria Roberta Altomare, Rosamaria Nitti
      Pages 106-116
    6. A New Flexible Protocol for Docking Studies

      • Lucia Sessa, Luigi Di Biasi, Simona Concilio, Giuseppe Cattaneo, Alfredo De Santis, Pio Iannelli et al.
      Pages 117-126
    7. Design and Development of a Forearm Rehabilitation System Based on an Augmented Reality Serious Game

      • Vitoantonio Bevilacqua, Antonio Brunetti, Giuseppe Trigiante, Gianpaolo Francesco Trotta, Michele Fiorentino, Vito Manghisi et al.
      Pages 127-136
  4. Systems Chemistry and Biology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137
    2. Ab-initio Investigation of Unexpected Aspects of Hydroxylation of Diketopiperazines by Reaction with Dioxiranes

      • Cosimo Annese, Lucia D’Accolti, Caterina Fusco, Fulvio Ciriaco
      Pages 139-145
    3. On Fine Stochastic Simulations of Liposome-Encapsulated PUREsystemâ„¢

      • Lorenzo Calviello, Lorenzo Lazzerini-Ospri, Roberto Marangoni
      Pages 146-158
    4. From Microscopic Compartmentalization to Hydrodynamic Patterns: New Pathways for Information Transport

      • Marcello A. Budroni, Jorge Carballido-Landeira, Adriano Intiso, Lorena Lemaigre, Anne De Wit, Federico Rossi
      Pages 171-183

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About this book

This book constitutes the revised selected papers of the 10th Italian Workshop on Advances in Artificial Life, Evolutionary Computation and Systems Chemistry, WIVACE 2015, held at Bari, Italy, in September 2015.

The 18 papers presented have been thoroughly reviewed and selected from 45 submissions. They cover the following topics: evolutionary computation, bioinspired algorithms, genetic algorithms, bioinformatics and computational biology, modeling and simulation of artificial and biological systems, complex systems, synthetic and systems biology, systems chemistry.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Chemistry and Biology, University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy

    Federico Rossi

  • Department of Chemistry, University of Bari, Bari, Italy

    Fabio Mavelli

  • Science Department, Roma Tre University, Roma, Italy

    Pasquale Stano

  • Department of Informatics, University of Bari, Bari, Italy

    Danilo Caivano

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Advances in Artificial Life, Evolutionary Computation and Systems Chemistry

  • Book Subtitle: 10th Italian Workshop, WIVACE 2015, Bari, Italy, September 22-25, 2015, Revised Selected Papers

  • Editors: Federico Rossi, Fabio Mavelli, Pasquale Stano, Danilo Caivano

  • Series Title: Communications in Computer and Information Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32695-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

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

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-32694-8Published: 03 April 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-32695-5Published: 02 April 2016

  • Series ISSN: 1865-0929

  • Series E-ISSN: 1865-0937

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 209

  • Number of Illustrations: 84 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Mathematics of Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Complex Systems, Theory of Computation

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