Artificial Endocrine System and Applications

Inspired by the biological immune system, the artificial endocrine system (AES) has drawn great research interest from different communities during the past decade. The AES is a novel branch of computational intelligence methods. This paper gives a comprehensive overview of the AES under a preliminary theoretical framework, which is based on the interpretative models of biological endocrine system. Some typical AES-based algorithms with their applications are discussed here. We address a few key issues in the current state-of-the-art AES research work. The possible future directions of the AES are also pointed out.