◐ learning · kind concept · level 2 · 10h
The voltage across a neuron’s membrane, evolving in time as ionic currents charge and discharge the membrane capacitance. What makes a model ‘electrical’ rather than abstract.
Natural computing, also called natural computation, is a terminology introduced to encompass three classes of methods: 1) those that take inspiration from nature for the development of novel problem-solving techniques; 2) those that are based on the use of computers to synthesize natural phenomena; and 3) those that employ natural materials to compute. The main fields of research that compose these three branches are artificial neural networks, evolutionary algorithms, swarm intelligence, artificial immune systems, fractal geometry, artificial life, DNA computing, and quantum computing, among others.