Artificial Life: An Overview - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0262621126 ISBN 13 : 9780262621120

Editeur : Bradford Books, 1997

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Artificial Life is the study of synthetic systems that exhibit behaviors characteristics of natural living systems. It complements the traditional biological sciences concerned with the analysis of living organisms by attempting to synthesize lifelike behaviors within computers and other artificial media. By extending the empirical foundation upon which biology is based beyond the carbon-chain of life that has evolved on Earth, Artificial Life can contribute to theoretical biology by locating ”life as we know it” within the larger picture of ”life as it could be.”This book The Proceedings of an Interdisciplinary Workshop On The Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems introduces the field of Artificial Life, reviews its biological roots, discusses its goals and methodological approaches, and gives examples of modeling technologies and their application to the simulation of specific biological phenomena. It draws comparisons with similar ”bottom up” approaches to the understanding of complex systems as studied in fields such as Physics, Computer Science, and Artificial Intelligence. The book also contains an extensive annotated bibliography of more than 500 citations of work relevant to the field of Artificial Life.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bradford Books
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0262621126
• ISBN 13: 9780262621120
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Éditeur: Langton Christopher G.
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• Personne responsable: non disponible