Advancing Artificial Intelligence Through Biological Process Applications Book

Sect. I Recent Advances in Biological Processes Related to Information Processing

Ch. I Corticofugal Modulation of Tactile Responses of Neurons in the Spinal Trigeminal Nucleus: A Wavelet Coherence Study Eduardo Malmierca Malmierca, Eduardo Nazareth P. Castellanos Castellanos, Nazareth P. Valeri A. Makarov Makarov, Valeri A. Angel Nunez Nunez, Angel 1

Ch. II Neural Mechanisms of Leg Motor Control in Crayfish: Insights for Neurobiologically-Inspired Autonomous Systems Didier Le Ray Le Ray, Didier Morgane Le Bon-Jego Le Bon-Jego, Morgane Daniel Cattaert Cattaert, Daniel 20

Ch. III Forward Dendric Spikes: A Mechanism for Parallel Processing in Dendritic Subunits and Shifting Output Codes Oscar Herreras Herreras, Oscar Julia Makarova Makarova, Julia Jose Manuel Ibarz Ibarz, Jose Manuel 42

Sect. II New Biologically Inspired Artificial Intelligence Models

Ch. IV Spiking Neural P Systems: An Overview Gheorghe Paun Paun, Gheorghe Mario J. Perez-Jimenez Perez-Jimenez, Mario J. 60

Ch. V Simulation of the Action Potential in the Neuron's Membrane in Artificial Neural Networks Juan Ramon Rabunal Dopico Dopico, Juan Ramon Rabunal Javier Pereira Loureiro Loureiro, Javier Pereira Monica Miguelez Rico Rico, Monica Miguelez 74

Ch. VI Recent Methodology in Connectionist Systems Ana B. Porto Pazos Pazos, Ana B. Porto Alberto Alvarellos Gonzalez Gonzalez, Alberto Alvarellos Alejandro Pazos Sierra Sierra, Alejandro Pazos 94

Ch. VII A Biologically Inspired Autonomous Robot Control Based on Behavioural Coordination in Evolutionary Robotics Jose A. Fernandez-Leon Fernandez-Leon, Jose A. Gerardo G. Acosta Acosta, Gerardo G. Miguel A. Mayosky Mayosky, Miguel A. Oscar C. IbanezIbanez, Oscar C. 107

Ch. VIII An Approach to Artificial Concept Learning Based on Human Concept Learning by Using Artificial Neural Networks Enrique Merida-Casermeiro Merida-Casermeiro, Enrique Domingo Lopez-Rodriguez Lopez-Rodriguez, Domingo J. M. Ortiz-de-Lazcano-Lobato Ortiz-de-Lazcano-Lobato, J. M. 130

Ch. IX Artificial Cell Systems Based in Gene Expression Protein Effects Enrique Fernandez-Blanco Fernandez-Blanco, Enrique Julian Dorado Dorado, Julian Nieves Pedreira Pedreira, Nieves 146

Ch. X Computing vs. Genetics Jose M. Barreiro Barreiro, Jose M. Juan Pazos Pazos, Juan 165

Ch. XI Artificial Mind for Virtual Characters Iara Moema Oberg Vilela Vilela, Iara Moema Oberg 182

Ch. XII A General Rhythmic Pattern Generation Architecture for Legged Locomotion Zhijun Yan Yan, Zhijun Felipe M. G. Franca Franca, Felipe M. G. 202

Sect. III Real-Life Applications with Biologically Inspired Models

Ch. XIII Genetic Algorithms and Multimodal Search Marcos Gestal Gestal, Marcos Jose Manuel Vazquez Naya Naya, Jose Manuel Vazquez Norberto Ezquerra Ezquerra, Norberto 231

Ch. XIV Bimolecular Computing Devices in Synthetic Biology Jesus M. Miro Miro, Jesus M. Alfonso Rodriguez-Paton Rodriguez-Paton, Alfonso 250

Ch. XV Guiding Self-Organization in Systems of Cooperative Mobile Agents Alejandro Rodriguez Rodriguez, Alejandro Alexander Grushin Grushin, Alexander James A. Reggia Reggia, James A. 268

Ch. XVI Evaluating a Bio-Inspired Approach for the Design of a Grid Information System: The SO-Grid Portal Agostino Forestiero Forestiero, Agostino Carlo Mastroianni Mastroianni, Carlo Fausto Pupo Pupo, Fausto Giandomenico Spezzano Spezzano, Giandomenico 291

Ch. XVII Graph Based Evolutionary Algorithms Steven M. Corns Corns, Steven M. Daniel A. Ashlock Ashlock, Daniel A. Kenneth Mark Bryden Bryden, Kenneth Mark 311

Ch. XVIII Dynamics of Neural Networks as Nonlinear Systems with Several Equilibria Daniela Danciu Danciu, Daniela 331

Ch. XIX A Genetic Algorithm-Artificial Neural Network Method for the Prediction of Longitudinal Dispersion Coefficient in Rivers Jianhua Yang Yang, Jianhua Evor L. Hines Hines, Evor L. Ian Guymer Guymer, Ian Daciana D. Iliescu Iliescu, Daciana D. Mark S. Leeson Leeson, Mark S. Gregory P. King King, Gregory P. XuQin Li Li, XuQin 358

Ch. XX The Exposition of Fuzzy Decision Trees and Their Application in Biology Malcolm J. Beynon Beynon, Malcolm J. Kirsty Park Park, Kirsty 375

Compilation of References 395

About the Contributors 422

Index 434