{"product_id":"9781852338046","title":"Biomimicry for Optimization, Control, and Automation","description":"\u003ch1\u003eBiomimicry for Optimization, Control, and Automation\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003ePassino, Kevin M.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eBiomimicry uses our scienti?c understanding of biological systems to exploit ideas from nature in order to construct some technology. In this book, we focus onhowtousebiomimicryof the functionaloperationofthe “hardwareandso- ware” of biological systems for the development of optimization algorithms and feedbackcontrolsystemsthatextendourcapabilitiestoimplementsophisticated levels of automation. The primary focus is not on the modeling, emulation, or analysis of some biological system. The focus is on using “bio-inspiration” to inject new ideas, techniques, and perspective into the engineering of complex automation systems. There are many biological processes that, at some level of abstraction, can berepresentedasoptimizationprocesses,manyofwhichhaveasa basicpurpose automatic control, decision making, or automation. For instance, at the level of everyday experience, we can view the actions of a human operator of some process (e. g. , the driver of a car) as being a series of the best choices he or she makes in trying to achieve some goal (staying on the road); emulation of this decision-making process amounts to modeling a type of biological optimization and decision-making process, and implementation of the resulting algorithm results in “human mimicry” for automation. There are clearer examples of - ological optimization processes that are used for control and automation when you consider nonhuman biological or behavioral processes, or the (internal) - ology of the human and not the resulting external behavioral characteristics (like driving a car). For instance, there are homeostasis processes where, for instance, temperature is regulated in the human body.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2004-09-29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781852338046\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/b138169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x178cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 926\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer London","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47390239654028,"sku":"9781852338046","price":107.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781852338046.jpg?v=1775762463","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781852338046","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}