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.

《自然計算》是指在自然中觀察到的計算過程，以及受自然啟發(fā)而由人類設計的計算。當從計算過程的角度分析復雜的自然現(xiàn)象時，我們對計算的本質(zhì)和本質(zhì)的理解都得到了加強。受自然啟發(fā)而設計的人類計算的特點是隱喻性地使用自然系統(tǒng)的概念、原理和機制?！蹲匀挥嬎恪钒ㄟM化算法、神經(jīng)網(wǎng)絡、分子計算和量子計算?！蹲匀挥嬎恪冯s志為自然計算的發(fā)現(xiàn)提供了一個論壇，提供了研究人員之間的聯(lián)系和對新興專業(yè)趨勢的洞察。期刊報道了理論、實驗和應用，并從非常廣泛的角度涵蓋了自然計算，包括使用算法將進化視為計算過程，以及根據(jù)大腦研究中的計算趨勢進行神經(jīng)網(wǎng)絡研究。