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Artificial life III (Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity Proceedings)

By Christopher G. Langton (Editor)

Book information

Publisher
Addison-Wesley
Year
1994
ISBN
020162494X, 9780201624946, 0201624923, 9780201624922
LCC
QH324.2 .A75 1992
Google Books ID
nA9jQgAACAAJ
Open Library ID
OL1434305M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
8 MB (8907371 bytes)
Series
Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity Proceedings 17
Edition
1st
Pages
320\320
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2014-10-05 02:30:00

Description

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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