On Growth, Form and Computers

Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-12-428765-5
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 472 Seiten, Format (B × H): 188 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1134 g

Conceived for both computer scientists and biologists alike, this collection of 22 essays highlights the important new role that computers play in developmental biology research. Essays show how through computer modeling, researchers gain further insight into developmental processes. Featured essays also cover their use in designing computer algorithms to tackle computer science problems in areas like neural network design, robot control, evolvable hardware, and more. Peter Bentley, noted for his prolific research on evolutionary computation, and Sanjeev Kumar head up a respected team to guide readers through these very complex and fascinating disciplines.

Zielgruppe

Academic researchers and students in evolutionary biology, developmental biology, anatomy, and computer science, artificial life, and evolutionary computation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kumar, Sanjeev

Bentley, Peter J

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Phytotomie, Pflanzenmorphologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Entwicklungsbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Professionelle Anwendung Computersimulation & Modelle, 3-D Graphik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

An Introduction to Computational Development

Relationships Between Development and Evolution
The Principles of Cell Signalling

From Genotype to Phenotype

Plasticity & Reprogramming of Differentiated Cells in Amphibian Regeneration

Qualitative Modelling & Simulation of Developmental Regulatory Networks

Models for Pattern Formation & the Position-Specific Activation of Genes

Signalling in Multicellular Models of Plant Development

Computing An Organism

Broken Symmetries & Biological Patterns

Using Mechanics to Map Genotype to Phenotype
How Synthetic Biology Provides Insights into Contact-Mediated Lateral Inhibition & other Mechanisms

The Evolution of Evolvability

Artificial Genomes as Models of Gene Regulation

Evolving the Program for a Cell

Combining Developmental Processes & Their Physics in an Artificial Evolutionary System to Evolve Shapes

Evolution of Differentiated Multi-threaded Digital Organisms

Artificial Life Models of Neural Development Evolving Computational Neural Systems Using Synthetic Developmental Mechanisms

A Developmental Model for the Evolution of Complete Autonomous Agents

Harnessing Morphogenesis

Evolvable Hardware

Über Autor(innen)

Bentley, Peter J
Peter J. Bentley is a Honorary Research Fellow at University College London, known for his research covering all aspects of EC, including multiobjective optimization, constraint handling, artificial immune systems, computational embryology and more, and applied to diverse applications including floor-planning, control, fraud-detection, and music composition. He speaks regularly at international conferences, and is a consultant, convenor, chair and reviewer for workshops, conferences, journals and books on Evolutionary Design and Evolutionary Computation. He has been a guest editor of special issues on Evolutionary Design and Creative Evolutionary Systems in journals, and is the editor of the book Evolutionary Design by Computers (MKP) and is the author of the popular science book, Digital Biology, to publish in May 2001.