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I Origin of Life, Self-Organization, and Self-Replication |
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A Self-Replicating Universal Turing Machine: From von Neumann's Dream to New Embryonic Circuits |
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Creating a Physically-based, Virtual-Metabolism with Solid Cellular Automata |
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Self-Replicating Worms That Increase Structural Complexity through Gene Transmission |
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21 | (10) |
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Self-Organisation in Micro-Configurable Hardware |
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31 | (8) |
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Reaction Mechanisms in the OO Chemistry |
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39 | (10) |
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A Less Abstract Artificial Chemistry |
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Pietro Speroni di Fenizio |
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Chemical Evolution among Artificial Proto-cells |
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54 | (10) |
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A Search for Multiple Autocatalytic Sets in Artificial Chemistries based on Boolean Networks |
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64 | (9) |
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Searching for Rhythms in Asynchronous Random Boolean Networks |
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73 | (8) |
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Levels of Compartmentalization in Alife |
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81 | (9) |
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Exploring Gaia Theory: Artificial Life on a Planetary Scale |
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90 | (13) |
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II Development and Differentiation |
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Complex Organization in Multicellularity as a Necessity in Evolution |
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103 | (10) |
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Sympatric Speciation from Interaction-induced Phenotype Differentiation |
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113 | (9) |
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Evolution of Genetic Code through Isologous Diversification of Cellular States |
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122 | (10) |
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Evolution of Differentiation in Multithreaded Digital Organisms |
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132 | (9) |
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141 | (5) |
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Evolutionary Neural Topiary: Growing and Sculpting Artificial Neurons to Order |
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146 | (7) |
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III Evolutionary and Adaptive Dynamics |
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Connectivity and Catastrophe---Towards a General Theory of Evolution |
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153 | (9) |
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Neutral Search Spaces for Artificial Evolution: A Lesson from Life |
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162 | (17) |
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Mutualism, Parasitism, and Evolutionary Adaptation |
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Coevolving Mutualists Guide Simulated Evolution |
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179 | (7) |
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Evolution of Cooperation in Social Dilemma---Dynamical Systems Game Approach |
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186 | (10) |
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Interactions between Learning and Evolution: The Outstanding Strategy Generated by the Baldwin Effect |
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196 | (10) |
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Evolvability Analysis: Distribution of Hyperblobs in a Variable-Length Protein Genotype Space |
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206 | (10) |
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Influence of Chance, History and Adaptation on Evolution in Digitalia |
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216 | (5) |
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Ecology and Extinction---Macroevolutionary Extinction Dynamics in a Simulated Ecosystem |
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221 | (10) |
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Quantification of Microscopic Events in the Process of Long-Term Evolutionary Dynamics |
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231 | (7) |
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An Ecolab Perspective on the Bedau Evolutionary Statistics |
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238 | (5) |
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Mate Choice: Simple or Complex? |
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243 | (5) |
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A Discussion of the Use of Artificial Life Models to Evaluate Gould's Hypothesis about Progress in Evolution |
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248 | (5) |
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253 | (10) |
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IV Robots and Autonomous Agents |
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Connecting Brains to Robots: The Development of a Hybrid System for the Study of Learning in Neural Tissues |
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263 | (10) |
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Ferdinando A. Mussa-Ivaldi |
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A `Fitness Landscaping' Comparison of Evolved Robot Control Systems |
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273 | (9) |
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Evolving Physical Creatures |
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282 | (6) |
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Evolving Insect Locomotion Using Non-uniform Cellular Automata |
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288 | (5) |
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From Directed to Open-Ended Evolution in a Complex Simulation Model |
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293 | (7) |
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Artificial Neural Development for Pulsed Neural Network Design---Generating Place Recognition Circuits of Animats |
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300 | (10) |
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Emergent SMA-Net Robot Control by Coupled Oscillator System |
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310 | (7) |
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V Communication, Cooperation, and Collective Behavior |
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Developmental Insights into Evolving Systems: Roles of Diversity, Non-Selection, Self-Organization, Symbiosis |
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317 | (10) |
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Reducing Collective Behavioural Complexity through Heterogeneity |
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327 | (10) |
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Studying Attention Dynamics of a Predator in a Prey-Predator System |
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337 | (6) |
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On the Emergence of Possession Norms in Agent Societies |
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343 | (5) |
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Investigating the Mechanisms Underlying Cooperation in Viscous Population Multi-Agent Systems |
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348 | (5) |
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Aintz: A Study of Emergent Properties in a Model of Ant Foraging |
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353 | (9) |
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A Co-evolution Model of Scores and Strategies in IPD Games: Toward the Understanding of the Emergence of the Social Morals |
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362 | (5) |
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On the Effect of ``Stock Alerts'' in an Agent-Based Model of a Financial Market |
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367 | (5) |
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Semiotic Schemata: Selection Units for Linguistic Cultural Evolution |
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372 | (10) |
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The Cultural Evolution of Syntactic Constraints in Phonology |
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382 | (13) |
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VI Methodological and Technological Applications |
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Modeling the Role of Neutral and Selective Mutations in Cancer |
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395 | (10) |
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From Individuals to Populations, Approaches to the Study of Biological Emergent Phenomena |
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405 | (5) |
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Towards a Comprehensive Alife-model of the Evolution of the Nervous System and Adaptive Behavior |
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410 | (10) |
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Market-Based Call Routing in Telecommunications Networks Using Adaptive Pricing and Real Bidding |
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420 | (8) |
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Evolving Solutions of the Density Classification Task in 1D Cellular Automata, Guided by Parameters That Estimate Their Dynamic Behaviour |
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Cellular Automata Model of Emergent Collective Bi-Directional Pedestrian Dynamics |
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437 | (9) |
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Using Flocks to Drive a Geographical Analysis Engine |
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446 | (8) |
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Emergent Design: Artifical Life for Architecture Design |
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454 | (13) |
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VII The Broader Context |
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John von Neumann and the Evolutionary Growth of Complexity: Looking Backwards, Looking Forwards |
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467 | (10) |
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What Can We Learn from the First Evolutionary Simulation Model? |
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477 | (10) |
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Real Artificial Life: Where We May Be |
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487 | (10) |
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Simulation Models as Opaque Thought Experiments |
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497 | (10) |
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Artificial Life as a Bridge between Science and Philosophy |
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507 | (6) |
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513 | (10) |
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Engineering, Emergent Engineering, and Artificial Life: Unsurprise, Unsurprising Surprise, and Surprising Surprise |
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523 | (6) |
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Art and Artificial Life---A Coevolutionary Approach |
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529 | (18) |
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Synthetic Harmonies: An Approach to Musical Semiosis by Means of Cellular Automata |
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Modeling Emergence of Complexity: The Application of Complex System and Origin of Life Theory to Interactive Art on the Internet |
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547 | (8) |
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Artificial Evolution: Creativity and the Possible |
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555 | (8) |
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Author Index |
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