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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. Fast Arithmetic in Algorithmic Self-assembly

    • Alexandra Keenan, Robert Schweller, Michael Sherman, Xingsi Zhong
    Pages 242-253
  2. Pattern Formation by Spatially Organized Approximate Majority Reactions

    • Matthew R. Lakin, Darko Stefanovic
    Pages 254-266
  3. Mecobo: A Hardware and Software Platform for In Materio Evolution

    • Odd Rune Lykkebø, Simon Harding, Gunnar Tufte, Julian F. Miller
    Pages 267-279
  4. Universal Computation in the Prisoner’s Dilemma Game

    • Brian Nakayama, David Bahr
    Pages 293-304
  5. Quantum, Stochastic, and Pseudo Stochastic Languages with Few States

    • Arseny M. Shur, Abuzer Yakaryılmaz
    Pages 327-339
  6. Phase Transition and Strong Predictability

    • Kohtaro Tadaki
    Pages 340-352
  7. PHLOGON: PHase-based LOGic using Oscillatory Nano-systems

    • Tianshi Wang, Jaijeet Roychowdhury
    Pages 353-366
  8. Development of Physical Super-Turing Analog Hardware

    • A. Steven Younger, Emmett Redd, Hava Siegelmann
    Pages 379-391
  9. Back Matter

    Pages 393-394

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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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