期刊名称：NATURAL COMPUTING
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About the journal
An innovative journal bridging Natural Sciences and Computer Sciences
Natural Computing refers to computational processes observed in nature, and human-designed computing inspired by nature. When complex natural phenomena are analyzed in terms of computational processes, our understanding of both nature and the essence of computation is enhanced. Characteristic for human-designed computing inspired by nature is the metaphorical use of concepts, principles and mechanisms underlying natural systems. Natural computing includes evolutionary algorithms, neural networks, molecular computing and quantum computing.
The journal Natural Computing provides a forum for discovery in natural computing, offering links among researchers and insight into trends in an emerging specialty. The journal reports on theory, experiments, and applications, and covers natural computing from a very broad perspective, including use of algorithms to consider evolution as a computational process, and neural networks in light of computational trends in brain research.
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Instructions to Authors
Online Manuscript Submission
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Key words
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Section headings
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Appendices
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Cross-referencing
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Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements of people, grants, funds, etc. should be placed in a separate section before the References.
References
1. Journal article:
Smith J, Jones M Jr, Houghton L et al (1999) Future of health insurance. N Engl J Med 965:325–329
2. Inclusion of issue number (optional):
Saunders DS (1976) The biological clock of insects. Sci Am 234(2):114–121
3. Journal issue with issue editor:
Smith J (ed) (1998) Rodent genes. Mod Genomics J 14(6):126–233
4. Journal issue with no issue editor:
Mod Genomics J (1998) Rodent genes. Mod Genomics J 14(6):126–233
5. Book chapter:
Brown B, Aaron M (2001) The politics of nature. In: Smith J (ed) The rise of modern genomics, 3rd edn. Wiley, New York
6. Book, authored:
South J, Blass B (2001) The future of modern genomics. Blackwell, London
7. Book, edited:
Smith J, Brown B (eds) (2001) The demise of modern genomics. Blackwell, London
8. Chapter in a book in a series without volume titles:
Schmidt H (1989) Testing results. In: Hutzinger O (ed) Handbook of environmental chemistry, vol 2E. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, p 111
9. Chapter in a book in a series with volume title:
Smith SE (1976) Neuromuscular blocking drugs in man. In: Zaimis E (ed) Neuromuscular junction. Handbook of experimental pharmacology, vol 42. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp593–660
10. Proceedings as a book (in a series and subseries):
Zowghi D et al (1996) A framework for reasoning about requirements in evolution. In: Foo N, Goebel R (eds) PRICAI'96: topics in artificial intelligence. 4th Pacific Rim conference on artificial intelligence, Cairns, August 1996. Lecture notes in computer science (Lecture notes in artificial intelligence), vol 1114. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, p 157
11. Proceedings with an editor (without a publisher):
Aaron M (1999) The future of genomics. In: Williams H (ed) Proceedings of the genomic researchers, Boston, 1999
12. Proceedings without an editor (without a publisher):
Chung S-T, Morris RL (1978) Isolation and characterization of plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid from Streptomyces fradiae. In: Abstracts of the 3rd international symposium on the genetics of industrial microorganisms, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 4–9 June 1978
13. Paper presented at a conference:
Chung S-T, Morris RL (1978) Isolation and characterization of plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid from Streptomyces fradiae. Paper presented at the 3rd international symposium on the genetics of industrial microorganisms, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 4–9 June 1978
14. Patent:
Name and date of patent are optional
Norman LO (1998) Lightning rods. US Patent 4,379,752, 9 Sept 1998
15. Dissertation:
Trent JW (1975) Experimental acute renal failure. Dissertation, University of California
16. Institutional author (book):
International Anatomical Nomenclature Committee (1966) Nomina anatomica. Excerpta Medica, Amsterdam
17. Non-English publication cited in an English publication:
Wolf GH, Lehman P-F (1976) Atlas der Anatomie, vol 4/3, 4th edn. Fischer, Berlin. [NB: Use the language of the primary document, not that of the reference for "vol" etc.!]
18. Non-Latin alphabet publication:
The English translation is optional.
Marikhin VY, Myasnikova LP (1977) Nadmolekulyarnaya struktura polimerov (The supramolecular structure of polymers). Khimiya, Leningrad
19. Published and In press articles with or without DOI:
19.1 In press
Wilson M et al (2006) References. In: Wilson M (ed) Style manual. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York (in press)
19.2. Article by DOI (with page numbers)
Slifka MK, Whitton JL (2000) Clinical implications of dysregulated cytokine production. J Mol Med 78:74–80. DOI 10.1007/s001090000086
19.3. Article by DOI (before issue publication with page numbers)
Slifka MK, Whitton JL (2000) Clinical implications of dysregulated cytokine production. J Mol Med (in press). DOI 10.1007/s001090000086
19.4. Article in electronic journal by DOI (no paginated version)
Slifka MK, Whitton JL (2000) Clinical implications of dysregulated cytokine production. Dig J Mol Med. DOI 10.1007/s801090000086
20. Internet publication/Online document
Doe J (1999) Title of subordinate document. In: The dictionary of substances and their effects. Royal Society of Chemistry.Available via DIALOG. http://www.rsc.org/dose/title of subordinate document. Cited 15 Jan 1999
20.1. Online database
Healthwise Knowledgebase (1998) US Pharmacopeia, Rockville. http://www.healthwise.org. Cited 21 Sept 1998
Supplementary material/private homepage
Doe J (2000) Title of supplementary material. http://www.privatehomepage.com. Cited 22 Feb 2000
University site
Doe J (1999) Title of preprint. http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/mydata.html. Cited 25 Dec 1999
FTP site
Doe J (1999) Trivial HTTP, RFC2169. ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2169.txt. Cited 12 Nov 1999
Organization site
ISSN International Centre (1999) Global ISSN database. http://www.issn.org. Cited 20 Feb 2000
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Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief:
G. Rozenberg
Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS), Leiden Center for Natural Computing (LCNC), Leiden University, The Netherlands
Herman P. Spaink
Institute for Molecular Plant Biology (IMP), Leiden Center for Natural Computing (LCNC), Leiden University, The Netherlands
Associate Editor:
J.N. Kok
Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS), Leiden Center for Natural Computing (LCNC), Leiden University, The Netherlands
Molecular Computing
Area Editor: L. Kari, London, ON, Canada
Editors: M. Hagiya, Tokyo, Japan; N. Jonoska, Tampa, USA; G. Paun, Bucharest, Romania; I. Petre, Turku, Finland; N.C. Seeman, New York, USA
Evolutionary Computing:
Area Editor: Th. Baeck, Leiden, The Netherlands
Editors: D. Corne, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; A.E. Eiben, Leiden, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; K. De Jong, Fairfax, VA, USA; Z. Michalewicz, Adelaide, Australia; H.-P. Schwefel, Dortmund, Germany; X. Yao, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Neural Computing:
Area Editor: E. Oja, Helsinki, Finland
Editors: V. Cherkassky, Minneapolis, MN, USA; B. Kappen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; J. Principe, Gainesville, FL, USA; H. Ritter, Bielefeld, Germany; C. Torras, Barcelona, Spain; S.Wermter, Hamburg, Germany
Quantum Computing:
Area Editor: M. Hirvensalo, Turku, Finland
Editors: A. Berthiaume, Chicago, USA; G. Brassard, Montreal, Canada; C.S. Calude, Auckland, New Zealand; K.-A. Suominen, Helsinki, Finland
Cellular Automata:
Area Editor: J. Kari, Turku, Finland
Editors: B. Chopard, Geneva, Switzerland; E. Formenti, Nice, France; K. Sutner, Pittsburgh, USA; T. Worsch, Karlsruhe, Germany
Broader Perspective:
Editors: M. Heiner, Cottbus, Germany; J. Timmis, York, United Kingdom; P. Prusinkiewicz, Calgary, Canada; Y. Sakakibara, Yokohama, Japan; A. Skowron, Warsaw, Poland; S. Stepney, York, United Kingdom
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