This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Computational Methods in Systems Biology, CMSB 2015, held in Nantes, France, in September 2015. The 20 full papers and 2 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 43 full and 4 short paper submissions. The papers cover a wide range of topics in the analysis of biological systems, networks and data such as model checking, stochastic analysis, hybrid systems, circadian clock, time se...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computational Methods in Systems Biology, CMSB 2016, held in Cambridge, UK, in September 2016. The 20 full papers, 3 tool papers and 9 posters presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 37 regular paper submissions. The topics include formalisms for modeling biological processes; models and their biological applications; frameworks for model verification, validation, analysis, and simulation of ...

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Learning and Optimization, LION 10, which was held on Ischia, Italy, in May/June 2016.The 14 full papers presented together with 9 short papers and 2 GENOPT papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 47 submissions. The papers address all fields between machine learning, artificial intelligence, mathematical programming and algorithms for hard optimization problem...

This volume constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 22nd IFIP WG 1.5International Workshop on Cellular Automata and Discrete ComplexSystems, AUTOMATA 2016, held in Zurich, Switzerland, in June 2016.This volume contains 3 invited talks in full-paper length and 12 regularpapers, which were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 23submissions. The papers feature research on all fundamental aspects of cellular automata and related...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on DNA Computing and Molecular Programming, DNA 22, held Munich, Germany, in September 16The 11 full papers presented together with 10 invited and tutorial talks were carefully selected from 55 submissionsResearch in DNA computing and molecular programming draws together mathematics, computer science, physics, chemistry, biology, and nanotechnology to address the analysis, design, and synthe...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th Conference on Computability in Europe, CiE 2016, held in Paris, France, in June/July 2016.The 18 revised full papers and 19 invited papers and invited extended abstracts were carefully reviewed and selected from 40 submissions. The conference CiE 2016 has six special sessions – two sessions, cryptography and information theory and symbolic dynamics, are organized for the first time in the conference series. In addition to t...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Quantitative Evaluation Systems, QEST 2017, held in Berlin, Germany, in September 2017.The 20 full papers and 4 tool papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected From 58 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections entitled: probabilistic modeling; smart energy systems over the cloud; Petri nets and performance modeling; parametric verification; machine learning and formal methods; tools.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 23th International Conference on DNA Computing and Molecular Programming, DNA 23, held Austin, TX, USA, in September 2017. The 16 full papers presented were carefully selected from 23 submissions. Research in DNA computing aims to draw together mathematics, computerscience, physics, chemistry, biology, and nanotechnology to address the analysis, design, and synthesis of information-based molecular systems. The papers address all areas r...

This book addresses the key issues in the modeling and simulation of diffusive processes from a wide spectrum of different applications across a broad range of disciplines. Features: discusses diffusion and molecular transport in living cells and suspended sediment in open channels; examines the modeling of peristaltic transport of nanofluids, and isotachophoretic separation of ionic samples in microfluidics; reviews thermal characterization of non-homogeneous media and scale-dependent por...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Quantitative Evaluation of Systems, QEST 2015, held in Madrid, Spain, in September 2015. The 19 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 42 submissions. They are organized in topical sections named: modelling and applications; tools; petri nets, process algebra and fault trees; applications; and queuing systems and hybrid systems. The book also contains one full-paper invited talk.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Learning and Optimization, LION 9, which was held in Lille, France, in January 2015.The 31 contributions presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in this book. The papers address all fields between machine learning, artificial intelligence, mathematical programming and algorithms for hard optimization problems. Special focus is given to algorithm sele...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Quantitative Evaluation Systems, QEST 2016, held in Quebec City, Canada, in August 2016.The 21 full papers and 3 tool demonstration papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 46 submissions. They are organized in topical sections entitled: Markov processes; tools; sampling, inference, and optimization methods; Markov decision processes and Markovian analysis; networks.