Machine Nature by Moshe Sipper, McGraw Hill, $24.95, ISBN 0071387048 Reviewed by Peter Bentley
EVOLUTIONARY computation merges biological ideas, such as natural evolution, with those of computer science. In Machine Nature, Moshe Sipper explores this young science, beginning his investigation with a round-up of the usual suspects: genetic programming, artificial neural networks, fuzzy logic, robots and evolvable hardware. He also touches briefly on even newer developments such as DNA computing, artificial immune systems and how ants optimise resources in building up colonies.
He devotes the last section of the book to a discussion of where such research is heading, with…
