Swarm intelligence is a kind of artificial intelligence that is based on the collective behavior
of the decentralized and self-organized systems. This work focuses on reviewing a heuristic …

Abstract Several studies in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Systems Biology rely
on the definition of physico-chemical or mathematical models of biological systems at …

Among the existing global optimization algorithms, Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) is
one of the most effective methods for non-linear and complex high-dimensional problems …

Inspired by the collective behavior of natural swarm, swarm intelligence algorithms (SIAs)
have been developed and widely used for solving optimization problems. When applied to …

The key processes in biological and chemical systems are described by networks of
chemical reactions. From molecular biology to biotechnology applications, computational …

Despite the intense research focused on the investigation of the functioning settings of
Particle Swarm Optimization, the particles initialization functions-determining the initial …

Cell metabolism is the biochemical machinery that provides energy and building blocks to
sustain life. Understanding its fine regulation is of pivotal relevance in several fields, from …

Computer science is the science that deals with the treatment of information by means of
automatic procedures. It has multiple objectives, including the study of computation at a …

SWARM INTELLIGENCE This important authored book presents valuable new insights by
exploring the boundaries shared by cognitive science, social psychology, artificial life …

Tau-lea** is a stochastic simulation algorithm that efficiently reconstructs the temporal
evolution of biological systems, modeled according to the stochastic formulation of chemical …