Artificial life : an overview / edited by Christopher G. Langton.
Contributor(s): Langton, Christopher G
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BookSeries: Complex adaptive systems: Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, c1995Distributor: [Piscataqay, New Jersey] : IEEE Xplore, [1997]Description: 1 PDF (xi, 340 pages, [6] pages of plates) : illustrations (some color).Content type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 0262121891; 9780262121897; 9780262277921.Subject(s): Biological systems -- Computer simulation | Biological systems -- Simulation methods | Artificial intelligenceGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification: 574/.01/13 | 574/.01/13 Online resources: Abstract with links to resource Also available in print.Summary: Artificial life, a field that seeks to increase the role of synthesis in the study of biological phenomena, has great potential, both for unlocking the secrets of life and for raising a host of disturbing issues -- scientific and technical as well as philosophical and ethical. This book brings together a series of overview articles that appeared in the first three issues of the groundbreaking journal Artificial Life, along with a new introduction by Christopher Langton, Editor-in-Chief of Artificial Life, founder of the discipline, and Director of the Artificial Life Program at the Santa Fe Institute.
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Artificial life, a field that seeks to increase the role of synthesis in the study of biological phenomena, has great potential, both for unlocking the secrets of life and for raising a host of disturbing issues -- scientific and technical as well as philosophical and ethical. This book brings together a series of overview articles that appeared in the first three issues of the groundbreaking journal Artificial Life, along with a new introduction by Christopher Langton, Editor-in-Chief of Artificial Life, founder of the discipline, and Director of the Artificial Life Program at the Santa Fe Institute.
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