October 2, 2014
"Natural Computing refers to computational processes observed in nature, and human-designed computing inspired by nature. When complex natural phenomena are analyzed in terms of computational processes, our understanding of both nature and the essence of computation is enhanced. Characteristic for human-designed computing inspired by nature is the metaphorical use of concepts, principles and mechanisms underlying natural systems. Natural computing includes evolutionary algorithms, neural networks, molecular computing and quantum computing."
- extracted from Natural Computing
There is an free online book: Natural Computing and Beyond, edited by Yasuhiro Suzuki, Toshiyuki Nakagaki, discuss more about natural computing.
You can download the whole book here:
http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-4-431-54394-7
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