Evolvable Systems: From Biology to Hardware: First International Conference, ICES96 Tsukuba, Japan, October 7–8, 1996 Proceedings

Iconic learning in networks of logical neurons....Pages 1-16
Hardware requirements for fast evaluation of functions learned by Adaptive Logic Networks....Pages 17-22
FPGA as a key component for reconfigurable system....Pages 23-32
Phylogeny, ontogeny, and epigenesis: Three sources of biological inspiration for softening hardware....Pages 33-54
Promises and challenges of Evolvable hardware....Pages 55-78
Designing evolware by cellular programming....Pages 79-95
Online autonomous evolware....Pages 96-106
Speeding-up digital ecologies evolution using a hardware emulator: Preliminary results....Pages 107-124
Challenges of evolvable systems: Analysis and future directions....Pages 125-135
Functional organisms growing on silicon....Pages 137-151
Logical universality and self-reproduction in reversible cellular automata....Pages 152-166
Data compression based on Evolvable hardware....Pages 167-179
ATM cell scheduling by function level evolvable hardware....Pages 180-192
An evolutionary robot navigation system using a gate-level evolvable hardware....Pages 193-209
Genetic evolution of a logic circuit which controls an autonomous mobile robot....Pages 210-219
Autonomous robot with evolving algorithm based on biological systems....Pages 220-233
Memory-based neural network and its application to a mobile robot with evolutionary and experience learning....Pages 234-246
Multiple genetic algorithm processor for hardware optimization....Pages 247-259
NGEN: A massively parallel reconfigurable computer for biological simulation: Towards a self-organizing computer....Pages 260-276
Architecture of cell array neuro-processor....Pages 277-288
Special-purpose brainware architecture for data processing....Pages 289-301
Evolvable Hardware: An outlook....Pages 303-311
Reuse, parameterized reuse, and hierarchical reuse of substructures in evolving electrical circuits using genetic programming....Pages 312-326
Machine learning approach to gate-level Evolvable Hardware....Pages 327-343
Evolvable systems in hardware design: Taxonomy, survey and applications....Pages 344-358
From some tasks to biology and then to hardware....Pages 359-376
Adaptive equalization of digital communication channels using Evolvable Hardware....Pages 377-389
An evolved circuit, intrinsic in silicon, entwined with physics....Pages 390-405
Through the labyrinth evolution finds a way: A silicon ridge....Pages 406-422
Hardware evolution system introducing dominant and recessive heredity....Pages 423-436
CAM-Brain: A new model for atr\'s cellular automata based artificial brain project....Pages 437-452
Evolution of a 60 decibel op amp using genetic programming....Pages 453-469
Evolution of binary decision diagrams for digital circuit design using genetic programming....Pages 470-481