On Modelling Life
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2008-02-03 v1 Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
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Abstract
We present a theoretical as well as experimental investigation of a population of self-replicating segments of code subject to random mutation and survival of the fittest. Under the assumption that such a system constitutes a minimal system with characteristics of life, we obtain a number of statements on the evolution of complexity and the trade-off between entropy and information.
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@article{arxiv.adap-org/9405002,
title = {On Modelling Life},
author = {Chris Adami},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:adap-org/9405002},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
6 p., postscript with figures (unpack with uufiles), to appear in the Proc. of ``Artificial Life IV'', MIT Press