Bioinspired Engineering: Collectivity and Design
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemistry: Symmetry/Asymmetry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2021) | Viewed by 1072
Special Issue Editor
Interests: biocomplexity; collective dynamics; ecology and evolution of biological and socio-technological systems; systemic risk analysis; decision science; complex networks; network science; information theory; stochastic processes; fractals; uncertainty; ecohydrology; hydrodynamics; sustainability; ecosystem health; ecodesign; ecosystem modeling; data science; biomimicry; bio-inspired design; macroecology; physiophysics; ecosystem pathology; forecasting; interdisciplinary applications of statistical physics; design by analogy; food systems; physio-linguistics; microbiome; epigenetics; environment; aquatic and marine ecosystems
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Symmetrical patterns and processes emerging through the collective behavior of populations in heterogeneous environments are ubiquitous. In this Special Issue, topics around bioinspired technology in the form of hard and soft technology, such as devices and algorithms, are welcome. Topics of papers can be, for instance, devices whose shape and/or topology mimics the one observed in animal and plants, and modeling techniques that simulate the process of species populations. Studies exploring (i) the analogy between the computational complexity of models and biological systems as computing machines, including philosophical implications, (ii) technology that allows us to measure symmetrical patterns and asymmetrical transitions, and (iii) design principles or realized architectural and engineering structures based on natural forms are also very encouraged.
Prof. Dr. Matteo Convertino
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- bioinspired
- technology
- symmetry
- models
- collective
- biocomplexity
