Artificial Life IiiArtificial 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." |
Contents
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 |
Copyright | |
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adaptive walk Addison-Wesley Alife Artificial attractor automata autotrophs average basin of attraction bean behavior biological biomass cell cellular cellular automata chemical Christopher G competition cooperation cropping patterns density Doyne Farmer dynamics ecology emergence energy environment equation evolution evolutionary Evolutionary Robotics evolved example expected payoff Fe Institute Studies Figure finite fitness landscape food webs genes Genetic Algorithms genome genotype graph heterotrophs hyperstructure individual initial interactions IPD/CR game iteration mechanisms metabolism modules mutation neural networks neurons nodes organism's organisms parameters payoff band PD game physical play player PolyWorld population pre-images predator Proc random graph randomly Redwood City reproduction robot rule Santa Fe Institute scale Sciences of Complexity scramble selection self-replicator self-reproducing sensors simulation space species step strategy structures subaks subtree symbol template TFTT Tierran tion topology tournament Turing Machine variables
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