Thursday, December 25, 2008

ALife

Artificial Life is the study of man-made systems that exhibit behaviors characteristic of natural living systems. It complements the traditional biological  sciences concerned with the analysis of living organisms by attempting to synthesize life-like behaviors within computers and other artificial media. By ending the empirical foundation upon which biology is based beyond the carbonchain 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.[1]

Artificial Life is also the name of a course which is taught by Inman Harvey at Sussex University. This course is seminar based and the readings could be found here. Lecture notes are also accessible from the course home. The lectures cover things like GA, Co-evolution, SAGA (Species Adaptation Genetic Algorithms).

[1] - From: Artificial Life - Lecture1.

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