Autonomy Oriented Computing

From the reviews: "The book contains numerous illustrative examples and experimental case studies, and there is a rich collection of online resources at http://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/~jiming, including software (with source code), slides, and links. In this sense, the book has potential as a resource for a graduate course in evolutionary computation... In summary, as a coherent treatment of a substantial body of work, with implications and challenges for the broader field of emergent behavior, the book contains a fair amount of interesting and thoughtfully presented material, and will be of interest to many. In addition, the care taken by the authors to package the book with commentary on the approach and the place of the work in the fields, and the impressive collection of additional resources, is a model that others should be encouraged to follow." (L. Sonenberg, Association for Computing Machinery, Reviews.com, Sep 9 2005)

• Fundamentals.- From Autonomy to AOC.- AOC at a Glance.- Design and Engineering Issues.- A Formal Framework of AOC.- AOC in Depth.- AOC in Constraint Satisfaction.- AOC in Complex Systems Modeling.- AOC in Optimization.- Challenges and Opportunities.