Theory and Application of Bio-inspired Intelligence and Methods

The environment adaptation capability of biological entities and systems unfolds solutions to challenging problems. Evolution constantly polishes up the solutions to be optimal. Computer scientists look into the phenomenon as guiding metaphors for problem solving; henceforth the Bio-inspired computing (BIC) comes into picture. BIC focuses on the designs and developments of computer algorithms and models based on biological mechanisms and living phenomena. It is now a major subfield of natural computation that leverages on the recent advances in computer science, biology and mathematics. The ideas provide abundant inspiration to construct highperformance computing models and intelligent algorithms, thus enabling powerful methods to solve real-life problems.