Evolvable hardware employs artificial evolution to automate the design and adaptation of physical reconfigurable and morphable structures such as electronic systems, antennas, MEMS, and robots. Here, designers, technology developers, and end-users from the aerospace, military, and commercial sectors focus on reliability issues, ranging from fault-recovery and the survivability of NASA and Department of Defense systems operating in extreme environments, to intelligent adaptive and learning systems to protect areas and secure communications. The 24 papers discuss digital and analog systems, controllers, cellular automata, embryonics, and other topics. There is no subject index. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
