Artificial Life: An OverviewChristopher G. Langton Artificial life as a tool for biological inquiry; Cooperation and community structure in artificial ecosystems; Extended molecular evolutionary biology: artificial life bridging the gap between chemistry and biology; Visual models of morphogenesis; The artificial life roots of artificial intelligence; Toward synthesizing artificial neural netowrks that exhibit cooperative intelligence behaviot: some open issues in artificial life; Modeling adaptive autonomous agents; Chaos as a source of complexity and diversity in evolution; An evolutionary approach to synthetic biology: zen and the art of creating life; Beyond digital naturalism; Learning about life; Books on artificial life and related topics; Computer viruses as artificial life; Genetic algorithms and artificial life; Artificial life as philosophy; Levels of functional equivalence in reverse bioengineering; Why do we need artificial life?; Index. |
Contents
Artificial Life as a Tool for Biological Charles Taylor and David Jefferson | 1 |
Cooperation and Community Structure in Kristian Lindgren and Mats G | 15 |
P Schuster | 39 |
Visual Models of Morphogenesis Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz | 61 |
The Artificial Life Roots of Artificial Luc Steels | 75 |
Toward Synthesizing Artificial Neural Michael G Dyer | 111 |
Modeling Adaptive Autonomous Agents Pattie Maes | 135 |
Chaos as a source of Complexity and Kunihiko Kaneko | 163 |
Beyond Digital Naturalism Walter Fontana Günter Wagner and | 211 |
Learning About Life Mitchel Resnick | 229 |
Books on Artificial Life and Related Topics David G Stork | 243 |
Computer Viruses as Artificial Life Eugene H Spafford | 249 |
Genetic Algorithms and Artificial Life Melanie Mitchell and | 267 |
Artificial Life as Philosophy Daniel Dennett | 291 |
Why Do We Need Artificial Life? Eric W Bonabeau and Guy Theraulaz | 303 |
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