Computing, Telecommunication and Control Информатика, телекоммуникации и управление 2687-0517 1 Review of natural computing: important trends Обзор природных вычислений: основные направления и тенденции Ageev Evgeniy agevg@yandex.ru Benderskaya Elena helen.bend@gmail.com Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University 10 04 2014 2 193 9 22

The classification of natural computing and the basic elements of natural computing and natural computing applications are considered. Additional classification features of natural computing and natural computing interconnection scheme are proposed. Variants of hybrid natural computations are discussed. Tendencies of the development of natural computing are revealed.

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