This compilation contains new theoretical work as well as up-to-date applications contributed by some of the world leaders of current SOM research. It is a compact and vivid collection of almost all aspects of current research on Self-Organizing Maps, ranging from theoretical work, several technical and non-technical applications, numerical and implementation details on sequential and parallel hardware to self-organisation with spiking neurons. An overture, given by Teuvo Kohonen, builds a bridge from the development of the fundamentals to the many extensions, modifications and applications which have made this neural network architecture so successful.

Bioinformatics and computational intelligence are undoubtedly remarkably fast growing fields of research and real-world applications with enormous potential for current and future developments. Bioinformatics Using Computational Intelligence Paradigms contains recent theoretical approaches and guiding applications of biologically inspired information processing systems (computational intelligence) against the background of bioinformatics. This carefully edited monograph combines the latest results of bioinformatics and computational intelligence, and offers promising cross-fertilization and interdisciplinary work between these growing fields.

Bioinformatics and computational intelligence are undoubtedly remarkably fast growing fields of research and real-world applications with enormous potential for current and future developments. Bioinformatics Using Computational Intelligence Paradigms contains recent theoretical approaches and guiding applications of biologically inspired information processing systems (computational intelligence) against the background of bioinformatics. This carefully edited monograph combines the latest results of bioinformatics and computational intelligence, and offers promising cross-fertilization and interdisciplinary work between these growing fields.