Artificial life : an overview /

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 toget...

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Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Langton, Christopher G. (επιμελητής.)
Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1995.
Σειρά:Complex adaptive systems
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Περίληψη: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.
Περιγραφή τεκμηρίου:"A Bradford book."
Φυσική περιγραφή:1 ηλεκτρονική πηγή (xi, 340 σ., [6] σ. με πίνακες) : εικ. (μερικές έγχρ.).
Βιβλιογραφία:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0585036152
9780585036151
9780262121897
0262121891
0262277921
9780262277921