
18 Chapter Two—Computational Intelligence
intelligence. It is intended only to be a snapshot in time, and a relatively subjective
snapshot at that. If it stimulates discussion and further development, it will
accomplish our objective.
W ith those caveats, the chapter is initiated by discussing adaptation and pre-
senting several definitions. None of these definitions is meant to be particularly
controversial. Rather, they are intended to provide the framework for the remain-
der of the book.
Adaptation
We discuss adaptation and, later, self-organization because they play an important
role in our view of computational intelligence. The concept of adaptation ...