Bio-Inspired Algorithms: 3rd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

In the field of applied informatics, the algorithmic-based procedural approach has distinguished itself with indisputable advantages, but it also has several limitations with respect to hard problems without exact solutions due to incomplete or imperfect information and high computation demands.

It is frequently worth looking towards biology to better understand and model solutions for complex real-world problems. Nature is a great source of inspiration for optimization methods for solving large, indeterministic, inscrutable problems for which information is lacking. Several efficient methods and method groups are based on the process of natural selection, the behavior of living creatures (or groups of living creatures), physical phenomena, or, notably, on the mechanisms of the brain.

For this Special Issue, "Bio-Inspired Algorithms: 3rd Edition", we seek original research papers about novel bio-inspired methods, analyses of already-existing techniques, or high-level practical applications from the field of computer science or any interdisciplinary field. We welcome manuscripts discussing evolutional (Genetic Algorithms, NSGA, etc.), swarm-intelligence-based (Particle Swarm Optimization, Ant Colony Optimization, the Fireworks Algorithm, etc.), or brain-inspired computing (Neural Networks, Deep Learning, etc.) methods applied in any kind of research project (image processing, natural language processing, general optimization, physical simulations, etc.).

Prof. Dr. Sándor Szénási
Dr. Gábor Kertész
Guest Editors

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