Introduction to Artificial Life
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Book Overview
For students, researchers and professional scientist eager to gain insight into the emerging frontiers of Artifical Life, Chris Adami's work provides the basic underpinnings for properly understanding this interdisciplinary research area. The CD-ROM accompanying the book invites readers to actively experience artificial evolution in "real time" by using a proprietary simulation software program, AVIDA, which is contained on the CD.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1461272319
ISBN13:9781461272311
Release Date:April 2013
Publisher:Springer
Length:376 Pages
Weight:1.51 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
Adami's Book Is Extraordinarily Important
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
"ADAMI'S BOOK IS EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT. It represents a true landmark in the new field of Artificial Life, and will find a wide readership, ranging from university students to professional researchers." - Prof. Dr. Heinz G. Schuster, University of Kiel, Germany Author of Deterministic Chaos: An Introduction [from the back cover]
At times cryptic, but nevertheless marvellous
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
This is the ONLY book I have seen which brings together all the many and various strands which are essential to the exciting new subjects arising currently around the question: What is Life? It is a stunning tour de force of the basic knowledge you need to possess to work in the areas of A-life or biological complexity.I should warn: it's not a book I could read through in an afternoon, by any means. At times the descriptions are a little cryptic, so that I had to work at understanding what was being said. But the effort I had to put in was always rewarded with greater understanding. Thank you, Chris Adami.
Hard Science
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Adami demonstrates how to use the tools of artificial life to conduct pure scientific research. A very clear and readable textbook on the subject, Adami makes me want to go back to graduate school. Here is a chance to take an introductory course in an exciting field of research that is truely table-top science. I loved the book and I didn't even use the CD and software that came with it.
An excellent textbook for this rapidly changing field.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Adami's book is the first comprehensive review of issues pertinent to the field of artificial life. The book is a textbook based on his lectures at CalTech. Some of the topics are a bit brief (Turing machines are summarized in four pages) but that is to be expected for a book whose goal is to integrate concepts from the fields of biology, chemistry, statistics, computer science, information science, etc. I found the book fascinating and Chris includes a CD-rom and several chapters on the Avida simulation developed at CalTech. There are numerous references and problems at the end of each chapter.
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