Artificial Life Models in Software

Charles Ofria, David M. Bryson, Claus O. Wilke (auth.), Maciej Komosinski, Andrew Adamatzky (eds.)1848822847, 9781848822849

Artificial Life Models in Software provides an introduction and guide to modern software tools for modeling and simulating life-like phenomena, written by those who personally design and develop software, hardware, and art installations in artificial life, simulated complex systems and virtual worlds.

This timely volume offers a nearly exhaustive overview and original analysis of major non-profit software packages that are actively developed and supported by experts in artificial life and software design. The carefully selected topics include:

• simulation and evolution of real and artificial life forms,

• natural and artificial morphogenesis,

• self-organization,

• models of communication and social behaviors,

• emergent collective behaviors and swarm intelligence,

• agent-based simulations,

• autonomous and evolutionary robotics,

• adaptive, complex and biologically inspired ecosystems,

• artificial chemistries,

• creative computer art.

The models of life presented here are essential components in undergraduate and post-graduate courses in complex adaptive systems, multi-agent systems, collective robotics and nature-inspired computing. Readers interested in artificial life, evolutionary biology, simulation, cybernetics, computer graphics and animation, neuroscience, cognitive science, and philosophy will find this monograph a valuable guide and an excellent resource for supplementary reading.

Table of contents :
Front Matter….Pages i-xxi
Avida….Pages 3-35
Foundations of and Recent Advances in Artificial Life Modeling with Repast 3 and Repast Simphony….Pages 37-60
Sodarace….Pages 61-77
3D Multi-Agent Simulations in the breve Simulation Environment….Pages 79-106
Framsticks….Pages 107-148
StarLogo TNG….Pages 151-182
From Artificial Life to In Silico Medicine….Pages 183-214
Discrete Dynamics Lab….Pages 215-258
EINSTein….Pages 259-315
From Artificial Chemistries to Systems Biology….Pages 319-342
Spatially Resolved Artificial Chemistry….Pages 343-367
Simulated Breeding….Pages 371-392
The Evolution of Sonic Ecosystems….Pages 393-414
Enriching Aesthetics with Artificial Life….Pages 415-431
Back Matter….Pages 433-441