Nature-Inspired Informatics is the study of using computational techniques and tools inspired in
part by nature and natural systems for the collection and organisation of information, which will in turn
produce knowledge. It is a new area within the field of natural computing, and its aim is to develop
innovative approaches and intelligent applications for representation and processing of information
from real-world problems in various disciplines. Nature-inspired techniques take a different approach
to problem solving than do conventional methods. Conventional methods normally use an algorithmic
approach, that is, a set of instructions is followed in order to solve a particular problem. However, to
develop a specific algorithm for a problem, the problem must first be successfully solved. This limits
the problem-solving capability of conventional methods to only problems that we already understand
and know how to solve. It would be much better and more useful if we could find approaches to solve
problems that we do not exactly know how to solve!