{"product_id":"artificial-life-models-in-software-9781848822849","title":"Artificial Life Models in Software","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Maciej Komosinski\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Computer Simulation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArtificial 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis 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: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- simulation and evolution of real and artificial life forms, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- natural and artificial morphogenesis, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- self-organization, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- models of communication and social behaviors, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- emergent collective behaviors and swarm intelligence, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- agent-based simulations, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- autonomous and evolutionary robotics, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- adaptive, complex and biologically inspired ecosystems, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- artificial chemistries, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- creative computer art.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45274238943383,"sku":"9781848822849","price":10915.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781848822849.webp?v=1769279322","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/artificial-life-models-in-software-9781848822849","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}