Natural/Unconventional Computing and Its Philosophical Significance
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In this special issue we present a selection of papers from the Symposium on Natural/Unconventional Computing and its Philosophical Significance, held during the AISB/IACAP 2012 World Congress in Birmingham (UK). This article is an editorial, introducing the special issue of the journal with the selected papers and the research program of Natural/Unconventional Computing.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Entropy
دوره 14 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012