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Theory and Practice of Natural Computing

8th International Conference, TPNC 2019, Kingston, ON, Canada, December 9–11, 2019, Proceedings

  • Carlos Martín-Vide
  • Geoffrey Pond
  • Miguel A. Vega-Rodríguez
Conference proceedings TPNC 2019

Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 11934)

Also part of the Theoretical Computer Science and General Issues book sub series (LNTCS, volume 11934)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Invited Talks

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 1-1
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    2. Analysing Emergent Dynamics of Evolving Computation in 2D Cellular Automata
      John S. McCaskill, Norman H. Packard
      Pages 3-40 Open Access
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    3. Human-Inspired Socially-Aware Interfaces
      Dominik Schiller, Katharina Weitz, Kathrin Janowski, Elisabeth André
      Pages 41-53

  3. Applications of Natural Computing

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 55-55
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    2. Stochastic Mechanisms of Growth and Branching in Mediterranean Coral Colonies
      Ozan Kahramanoğulları, Lorenzo Bramanti, Maria Carla Benedetti
      Pages 57-69
    3. Operation Insertion on the Conjugacy and Commutativity of Words
      Kalpana Mahalingam, Hirapra Ravi
      Pages 70-81
    4. Boolean Recombinase-Based Devices
      Guillaume Pérution-Kihli, Sarah Guiziou, Federico Ulliana, Michel Leclère, Jérôme Bonnet
      Pages 82-94
    5. Card-Based Protocol Against Actively Revealing Card Attack
      Ken Takashima, Daiki Miyahara, Takaaki Mizuki, Hideaki Sone
      Pages 95-106

  4. Evolutionary Computation

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 107-107
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    2. Optimizing Convolutional Neural Networks for Embedded Systems by Means of Neuroevolution
      Filip Badan, Lukas Sekanina
      Pages 109-121
    3. Migration Threshold Tuning in the Deterministic Dendritic Cell Algorithm
      Julie Greensmith
      Pages 122-133
    4. Improving Resource Allocation in MOEA/D with Decision-Space Diversity Metrics
      Yuri Lavinas, Claus Aranha, Marcelo Ladeira
      Pages 134-146
    5. An Analysis of Evolutionary Algorithms for Multiobjective Optimization of Structure and Learning of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps Based on Multidimensional Medical Data
      Alexander Yastrebov, Łukasz Kubuś, Katarzyna Poczeta
      Pages 147-158

  5. Genetic Algorithms, Swarm Intelligence, and Heuristics

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 159-159
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    2. Genetic Algorithm for Optimization of the Replacement Schedules for Major Surface Combatants
      Michele Fee, Bart van Oers, Richard Logtmeijer, Jean-Denis Caron, Van Fong
      Pages 161-172
    3. Adaptive Task Allocation for Planar Construction Using Response Threshold Model
      Dalia S. Ibrahim, Andrew Vardy
      Pages 173-183
    4. Deep Reinforcement Learning for Multi-satellite Collection Scheduling
      Jason T. Lam, François Rivest, Jean Berger
      Pages 184-196
    5. Evolution of Locomotion Gaits for Quadrupedal Robots and Reality Gap Characterization
      Usama Mir, Zainullah Khan, Umer Iftikhar Mir, Farhat Naseer, Waleed Shah
      Pages 197-207

  6. Quantum Computing and Information

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 209-209
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    2. Non-abelian Gauge-Invariant Cellular Automata
      Pablo Arrighi, Giuseppe Di Molfetta, Nathanaël Eon
      Pages 211-221
    3. On Post-processing the Results of Quantum Optimizers
      Ajinkya Borle, Josh McCarter
      Pages 222-233
    4. Quantum Algorithms for the Most Frequently String Search, Intersection of Two String Sequences and Sorting of Strings Problems
      Kamil Khadiev, Artem Ilikaev
      Pages 234-245
  7. Back Matter
    Pages 247-247
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About these proceedings

Introduction

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Natural Computing, TPNC 2019, held in Kingston, ON, Canada, in December 2019.
The 15 full papers presented in this book, together with two invited talk, were carefully reviewed and selected from 38 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections named:

Applications of Natural Computing; Evolutionary Computation; Genetic Algorithms, Swarm Intelligence, and Heuristics; Quantum Computing and Information.

Keywords

algorithm analysis and problem complexity artificial intelligence bio-inspired optimization computation by abstract devices computer communication networks cryptography decision support systems evolutionary algorithms genetic algorithms genetic programming information systems applications (incl. Internet) machine learning mathematical optimization meural networks molecular computing Petri Nets project management quantum computers software engineering

Editors and affiliations

  1. 1.Rovira i Virgili UniversityTarragonaSpain
  2. 2.Royal Military College of CanadaKingstonCanada
  3. 3.University of ExtremaduraCáceresSpain

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34500-6
  • Copyright Information Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
  • Publisher Name Springer, Cham
  • eBook Packages Computer Science
  • Print ISBN 978-3-030-34499-3
  • Online ISBN 978-3-030-34500-6
  • Series Print ISSN 0302-9743
  • Series Online ISSN 1611-3349
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