Bioinformatics computing II

A Small sample of
ideas
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A Small sample of ideas
• The history of science is
marked by several major
breakthroughs.
The discoveries of
- Galileo, Newtonian
mechanics,
- Darwin’s theory, Mendel’s
genetics,
- Quantum pyhsics
- Computers etc
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A Small sample of ideas
• We are in midst of another
technological revolution,
The Natural Computing
age,
• A time when the interaction
and the similarity between
computing and nature is
becoming each day greater.
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A Small sample of ideas
We may notice that,
• our spreadsheats
recalculating faster
• our grammer checker
finally works
• several complex
problems being solved
• Cars driving themselves
• Robots talking
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Some natural
pheomenon and
processes involving
natural means
1. Clustering of dead bodies
in ant colonies
2. Bird flocking
3. Manipulating DNA
strands
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To clean up their nests, some
ants sp group together
corpses of ants or dead bodies
as illustrated in in the fig
below
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Some natural
pheomenon and
processes involving
natural means
• The basic mechanism behind
this type of clustering or
grouping phenomenon is an
attraction between dead
items mediated by the ants.
• Small clusters of items grow
by attracting more workers
to deposit more dead bodies.
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Some natural
pheomenon and
processes involving
natural means
• This grouping phenomenon
can be modelled using two
simple rules:
1. Pick up rule
2. Dropping rule
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An idea
• The Figure illustrates a bird
flock
• When we see birds flocking
in the sky, it is most natural
to assume that the birds,
follow a leader the one in
front of the flock.