Artificial Life Iii

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Avalon Publishing, Jan 20, 1994 - Science - 624 pages
Artificial Life is the study of man-made systems that exhibit behaviors characteristic of natural living systems, such as self-organization, reproduction, development, and even evolution. It complements the traditional biological sciences concerned with the analysis of living organisms by attempting to synthesize and study life-like behaviors within computers or other alternative media. By extending the empirical foundation upon which biology rests beyond the carbon-chain based life that has evolved on Earth, Artificial Life can contribute to the theoretical biology by locating life-as-we-know-it within the larger context of life-as-it-could-be, in any of its possible physical incarnations."

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An Instance of a Replicator
1
Evolution and Coevolution in a Rugged Fitness Landscape
11
Evolution to the Edge of Chaos in an Imitation Game
43
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