Man has learned much from studies of natural systems, using what has been learned to develop new algorithmic models to solve complex problems. This book presents an introduction to some of these technological paradigms, under the umbrella of compu- tational intelligence (CI). In this context, the book includes artificial neural networks, evolutionary computation, swarm intelligence, artificial immune systems, and fuzzy systems, which are respectively models of the following natural systems: biological neural networks, evolution, swarm behavior of social organisms, natural immune sys- tems, and human thinking processes
