Artificial Life: Proceedings of an Interdisciplinary Workshop on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems

Langton, Christopher

ISBN 10: 0367002906 / ISBN 13: 9780367002909

Verlag: Taylor & Francis, 2019

Beschreibung

700 pages. 9.21x6.14x1.42 inches. In Stock.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers __0367002906

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Artificial Life: Proceedings of an Interdisciplinary Workshop on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0367002906
• ISBN-13: 9780367002909
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: Brand New

Über diesen Titel

Inhaltsangabe

"In September 1987, the first workshop on Artificial Life was held at the Los
Alamos National Laboratory. Jointly sponsored by the Center for Nonlinear Studies,
the Santa Fe Institute, and Apple Computer Inc, the workshop brought together
160 computer scientists, biologists, physicists, anthropologists, and other assorted
""-ists,"" all of whom shared a common interest in the simulation and synthesis of
living systems. During five intense days, we saw a wide variety of models of living
systems, including mathematical models for the origin of life, self-reproducing
automata, computer programs using the mechanisms of Darwinian evolution to produce
co-adapted ecosystems, simulations of flocking birds and schooling fish, the
growth and development of artificial plants, and much, much more
The workshop itself grew out of my frustration with the fragmented nature
of the literature on biological modeling and simulation. For years I had prowled
around libraries, shifted through computer-search results, and haunted bookstores,
trying to get an overview of a field which I sensed existed but which did not seem
to have any coherence or unity. Instead, I literally kept stumbling over interesting
work almost by accident, often published in obscure journals if published at all."

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Charlotte y Peter Fiell son dos autoridades en historia, teoría y crítica del diseño y han escrito más de sesenta libros sobre la materia, muchos de los cuales se han convertido en éxitos de ventas. También han impartido conferencias y cursos como profesores invitados, han comisariado exposiciones y asesorado a fabricantes, museos, salas de subastas y grandes coleccionistas privados de todo el mundo. Los Fiell han escrito numerosos libros para TASCHEN, entre los que se incluyen 1000 Chairs, Diseño del siglo XX, El diseño industrial de la A a la Z, Scandinavian Design y Diseño del siglo XXI.