Artificial Life VII: Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Artificial Life

by Norman Packard and Mark A. Bedau

Book Overview

The term "artificial life" describes research into synthetic systems that possess some of the essential properties of life. This interdisciplinary field includes biologists, computer scientists, physicists, chemists, geneticists, and others. Artificial life may be viewed as an attempt to understand high-level behavior from low-level rules--for example, how the simple interactions between ants and their environment lead to complex trail-following behavior...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026252290X
• ISBN13: 9780262522908
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.4" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher