Advances in natural computation ; Vol. 3611 ; 1st International conference, ICNC 2005, Changsha, China, August 27-29, 2005, proceedings, Part II

Featured the most up-to-date research results in com-putational algorithms inspired from nature, including biological, ecological, andphysical systems. It is an exciting and emerging interdisciplinary area in whicha wide range of techniques and methods are being studied for dealing with large,complex, and dynamic problems. The joint conferences also promoted cross-fertilization over these exciting and yet closely-related areas, "