This paper presents an overview of significant advances made in the emerging field of
nature-inspired computing (NIC) with a focus on the physics-and biology-based approaches …

Natural phenomena and mechanisms have always intrigued humans, inspiring the design of
effective solutions for real-world problems. Indeed, fascinating processes occur in nature …

Over its short disciplinary history, computing has seen a stunning number of descriptions of
the field's characteristic ways of thinking and practicing, under a large number of different …

RECONSTRUCTING THE GIANT: ON THE IMPORTANCE OF RIGOUR IN DOCUMENTING THE
LITERATURE SEARCH PROCESS Page 1 Association for Information Systems AIS Electronic …

The identity of computing has been fiercely debated throughout its short history. Why is it still
so hard to define computing as an academic discipline? Is computing a scientific …

Self-organized complex systems are ubiquitous in nature, and the structural complexity of
these natural systems can be used as a model to design new classes of functional …

Natural computing, through its repertoire of nature-inspired strategies, is playing a major role
in the development of intelligent decision-making systems. The objective is to provide …

Decision-making is one of the most important intellectual abilities of not only humans but
also other biological organisms, helping their survival. This ability, however, may not be …

Morphological computation can be loosely defined as the exploitation of the shape, material
properties, and physical dynamics of a physical system to improve the efficiency of a …

The brain is not a glorified digital computer. It does not store information in registers, and it
does not mathematically transform mental representations to establish perception or …