Marcus Randall

Stephan Chalup

Alan D. Blair

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First Australasian Conference on Artificial Life and Computational Intelligence, ACALCI 2015, held in Newcastle, NSW, Australia, in February 2015. The 34 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 63 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: philosophy and theory; game environments and methods; learning, memory and optimization; and applications and implementations.

First Australasian Conference, ACALCI 2015, Newcastle, NSW, Australia, February 5-7, 2015, Proceedings

Artificial Life and Computational Intelligence

Kevin B. Korb

Tim Hendtlass

Asweapproachthelimitsandcapabilitiesofmachines,we?ndthattheprinciple of diminishing returns is forcing scientists to turn their attention towardbiology to provide practical solutions to problems in our increasingly complex world.An emerging?eldofsciencethatstudies thesystemsrelatedtolife,its processesand evolution is known as Art?cial Life (ALife). It draws on the skills and talents of scientists from a variety of disciplines, including, but not limited to, biology, psychology,evolutionand computer science. These researchersareshowingthat, by using even simple simulations of the basic processes of nature, much about our complex natural world and our own humanity can be revealed. Gatherings in the expanding Alife community are becoming more common. One such series, the Australian Conference on Arti?cial Life (ACAL), began in Adelaide in 2001 and was known as the “Inaugral Workshop on Arti?cal Life.” From these small beginnings, it has become a biennial event that has previously been held in Canberra (2003), Sydney (2005)and the Gold Coast (2007). ACAL 2009 received over 60 quality submissions of which 27 were accepted for oral presentation at the conference. Each paper submission was assigned to three members of the Program Committee. The Program Committe, as well as the conference delegates, came from countries across Asia-Paci?c, North America and Europe. In addition to the regular papers, the conference was fortunate enough to be able to have two renowned invited speakers – Mark Bedau (Reed College, USA) and Andries Englebrecht (University of Pretoria, South Africa).

4th Australian Conference, ACAL 2009, Melbourne, Australia, December 1-4, 2009, Proceedings

Artificial Life: Borrowing from Biology

Andrew Lewis

Sanaz Mostaghim

This book covers the latest theories, applications and techniques in Biologically-Inspired Optimisation Methods. Many chapters derive from studies presented at workshops and international conferences on e-Science, Grid Computing and Evolutionary computation.

Parallel Algorithms, Systems and Applications

Biologically-Inspired Optimisation Methods

Richard R. Barakat

Maurie Markman

Providing comprehensive coverage of the biology of gynecologic cancer, the therapeutic modalities available, and the diagnosis and treatment of site-specific malignancies, this edition has 30 percent new contributing authors and new material. A companion Web site offers a fully searchable text.

Principles and Practice of Gynecologic Oncology

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