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ARTIFICIAL LIFE IX
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NINTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE SIMULATION AND SYNTHESIS OF LIVING SYSTEMS |
| By: |
Jordan Pollack (Editor), Mark A. Bedau (Editor), Phil Husbands (Editor) |
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Paperback |
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£65.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0262661837 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780262661836 |
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| Publisher: |
MIT PRESS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
8 September, 2004 |
| Series: |
Complex Adaptive Systems |
| Pages: |
600 |
| Description: |
Proceedings from the ninth International Conference on Artificial Life; papers by scientists of many disciplines focusing on the principles of organization and applications of complex, life-like systems. |
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Artificial Life is an interdisciplinary effort to investigate the fundamental properties of living systems through the simulation and synthesis of life-like processes. The young field brings a powerful set of tools to the study of how high-level behavior can arise in systems governed by simple rules of interaction. Some of the fundamental questions include: What are the principles of evolution, learning, and growth that can be understood well enough to simulate as an information process? Can robots be built faster and more cheaply by mimicking biology than by the product design process used for automobiles and airplanes? How can we unify theories from dynamical systems, game theory, evolution, computing, geophysics, and cognition? The field has contributed fundamentally to our understanding of life itself through computer models, and has led to novel solutions to complex real-world problems across high technology and human society. This elite biennial meeting has grown from a small workshop in Santa Fe to a major international conference. This ninth volume of the proceedings of the international A-life conference reflects the growing quality and impact of this interdisciplinary scientific community. |
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US |
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Bradford Books |
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