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Theory and Practice of Natural Computing

First International Conference, TPNC 2012, Tarragona, Spain, October 2-4, 2012. Proceedings

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  1. Adrian-Horia Dediu

    1. Research Group on Mathematical Linguistics, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain

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  2. Carlos Martín-Vide

    1. Research Group on Mathematical Linguistics, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain

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  3. Bianca Truthe

    1. Fakultät für Informatik, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, volume 7505)

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

Conference series link(s): TPNC: International Conference on the Theory and Practice of Natural Computing

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Table of contents (18 papers)

  1. Front Matter

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  2. Invited Talks

    4. Differential Evolution Algorithm: Recent Advances

      • Ponnuthurai Nagaratnam Suganthan
      Pages 30-46

    5. The Fragility of Quantum Information?

      • Barbara M. Terhal
      Pages 47-56

    6. Computational Intelligence in Astronomy – A Win-Win Situation

      • Peter Tiňo, Somak Raychaudhury
      Pages 57-71

  3. Regular Papers

    1. A Multi-objective Approach to Solve the Location Areas Problem

      • Víctor Berrocal-Plaza, Miguel A. Vega-Rodríguez, Juan M. Sánchez-Pérez, Juan A. Gómez-Pulido
      Pages 72-83

    2. Nature-Inspired Algorithms Applied to an Efficient and Self-adaptive Resources Selection Model for Grid Applications

      • María Botón-Fernández, Francisco Prieto Castrillo, Miguel A. Vega-Rodríguez
      Pages 84-96

    3. Attacks on Fixed Apparatus Quantum Key Distribution Schemes

      • Michel Boyer, Ran Gelles, Tal Mor
      Pages 97-107

    4. Cellular Automaton Based Motion Planning Algorithms for Mobile Sensor Networks

      • Salimur Choudhury, Kai Salomaa, Selim G. Akl
      Pages 108-120

    5. An Easy Automata Based Algorithm for Testing Coding Properties of Infinite Sets of (DNA) Words

      • Michelangelo Cianciulli, Rocco Zaccagnino, Rosalba Zizza
      Pages 121-132

    7. Generating DNA Code Words Using Forbidding and Enforcing Systems

      • Daniela Genova, Kalpana Mahalingam
      Pages 147-160

    8. Wolbachia Infection Improves Genetic Algorithms as Optimization Procedure

      • Mauricio Guevara-Souza, Edgar E. Vallejo
      Pages 161-173

    9. Neural Networks Solving Free Final Time Optimal Control Problem

      • Tibor Kmet, Maria Kmetova
      Pages 174-186

    10. Comparing Different Operators and Models to Improve a Multiobjective Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm for Inferring Phylogenies

      • Sergio Santander-Jiménez, Miguel A. Vega-Rodríguez, Juan A. Gómez-Pulido, Juan M. Sánchez-Pérez
      Pages 187-200

    11. Tissue P Systems with Cell Separation: Upper Bound by PSPACE

      • Petr Sosík, Luděk Cienciala
      Pages 201-215

    12. Maze Exploration with Molecular-Scale Walkers

      • Darko Stefanovic
      Pages 216-226

  4. Back Matter

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About this book

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference, TPNC 2012, held in Tarragona, Spain, in October 2012. The 12 revised full papers presented together with 6 invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 34 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on nature-inspired models of computation; synthesizing nature by means of computation; nature-inspired materials; and information processing in nature.
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Research Group on Mathematical Linguistics, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain

    Adrian-Horia Dediu, Carlos Martín-Vide

  • Fakultät für Informatik, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

    Bianca Truthe

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