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Natural Computation:
computational models
inspired by nature
Dr. Daniel Tauritz
Department of Computer Science
University of Missouri-Rolla
CS347 Lecture May 2003
What is Natural
Computation?
“Characteristic for man-designed
computing inspired by nature is
the metaphorical use of
concepts, principles and
mechanisms underlying natural
systems”
Quoted from the Leiden Center
for Natural Computing
The Bioinformatics link
• Both straddle the fields of
Computer Science & Biology
• Bioinformatics’ computational
demands are often ill-suited for
conventional computational
models
• Natural Computation offers
solutions capable of dealing
with extremely large data sets,
high dimensionality, complex
pattern recognition, and
sophisticated classification
The Artificial
Intelligence Link
• Classic (symbolic) AI: game
play, diagnostic expert
systems, etc.
• “True” intelligence eludes
classic AI
• Nature has produced “true”
intelligence
• Hopefully nature inspired
computational models can
achieve “true intelligence” too!
Nature’s way of
computing
• Slow symbolic steps, but
extremely parallel (resulting in
weak numeric performance,
but strong pattern recognition
and classification capabilities)
• High computational error rates,
but very fault-tolerant (good at
fuzzy logic)
• Imperfect memory, but strong
ability to learn/adapt (on the
individual and/or population
level)
Nature inspired models
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Quantum Computing
DNA/Molecular Computing
Artificial Life
Swarm Intelligence
- Ant Colony Optimization
- Particle Swarm Optimization
• Artificial Immune Systems
(Computational Immunology)
• Artificial Neural Networks
(Connectionism)
• Evolutionary Computation
• Quantum Computing based on quantum physics,
exploits quantum parallelism;
aims at non-traditional
hardware that would allow
quantum effects to take place
• DNA/Molecular Computing based on paradigms from
molecular biology; aims at
alternatives for silicon
hardware by implementing
algorithms in biological
hardware (bioware), e.g., using
DNA molecules and enzymes
• Artificial Life - attempts to
model living biological systems
through complex algorithms
(examples: stem cell
simulation, computational
epidemics, gene regulatory
system simulation, stock
market simulation, predatorprey studies, etc.)
Swarm Intelligence
• Ant Colony Optimization –
population based optimization
technique inspired by the
behavior of ant colonies
• Particle Swarm Optimization –
population based optimization
technique inspired by social
behavior of bird flocking or fish
schooling
• Artificial Immune Systems
(Computational Immunology)
• Artificial Neural Networks
(Connectionism)
Evolution
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Individuals
Population
Environment
Fitness
Selection - selective pressure
Reproduction
Competition – survival of the
fittest
Heredity
• Asexual versus sexual
reproduction
• Genes
• Loci
• Alleles
• Genotype versus phenotype
• Genetic operators: replication,
recombination, mutation
Evolutionary
Computation
• Solving “difficult” problems
• Search spaces: representation
& size
• Evaluation of trial solutions:
fitness function
• Exploration versus exploitation
• Selective pressure rate
• Premature convergence
Environment
Problem (search
space)
Fitness
Fitness function
Population
Set
Individual
Datastructure
Genes
Elements
Alleles
Datatype
Evolutionary cycle
evaluation
selection
initialization
competition
reproduction
mutation
Pros
• General purpose: minimal
knowledge required
• Ability to solve “difficult”
problems
• Solution availability
• Robustness
Cons
• Fitness function and genetic
operators often not obvious
• Premature convergence
• Computationally intensive
• Difficult parameter optimization
Evolving versus
learning
• In EC learning occurs at the
population level instead of at the
individual level
• In nature evolution and learning are
combined
• Darwinian evolution evolves the
blue print of a learning system
• Baldwin effect: phenotypic plasticity
(e.g., learning [local search])
• Lamarckian evolution involves
direct inheritance of characteristics
acquired by individuals during their
lifetime
Natural Computation
Courses Fall 2003
• CS378/Eng.Mg.378/El.Eng.368
Introduction to Neural
Networks & Applications
Dr. Dagli – Eng.Mg.
• CS401
Introduction to Evolutionary
Computation
Dr.
Tauritz - CS