Evolving the program for a cell: from French flags to Boolean circuits Export

@incollection{citeulike:4093432, abstract = {Introduction The development of an entire organism from a single cell is one of the most profound and awe inspiring phenomena in the whole of the natural world. The complexity of living systems itself dwarfs anything that man has produced. This is all the more the case for the processes that lead to these intricate systems. In each phase of the development of a multi-cellular being, this living system has to survive, whether stand-alone or supported by various structures and processes provided by other living systems. Organisms construct themselves, out of humble single-celled beginnings, riding waves of interaction between the information residing in their genomes inherited from the evolutionary past of their species via their progenitors and the resources of their environment.}, address = {New York}, author = {Miller, Julian F. and Banzhaf, Wolfgang}, booktitle = {On Growth, Form and Computers}, citeulike-article-id = {4093432}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://web.cs.mun.ca/~banzhaf/papers/chapter_finalrevision.pdf}, editor = {Kumar, Sanjeev and Bentley, Peter J.}, keywords = {algorithms, artificial, computational, development, genetic, life, programming}, pages = {278--302}, posted-at = {2009-02-24 12:51:22}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Academic Press}, title = {Evolving the program for a cell: from French flags to Boolean circuits}, url = {http://web.cs.mun.ca/~banzhaf/papers/chapter_finalrevision.pdf}, year = {2003} }

TY - CHAP ID - citeulike:4093432 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4093432 N2 - Introduction The development of an entire organism from a single cell is one of the most profound and awe inspiring phenomena in the whole of the natural world. The complexity of living systems itself dwarfs anything that man has produced. This is all the more the case for the processes that lead to these intricate systems. In each phase of the development of a multi-cellular being, this living system has to survive, whether stand-alone or supported by various structures and processes provided by other living systems. Organisms construct themselves, out of humble single-celled beginnings, riding waves of interaction between the information residing in their genomes inherited from the evolutionary past of their species via their progenitors and the resources of their environment. AD - New York EP - 302 TI - Evolving the program for a cell: from French flags to Boolean circuits PB - Academic Press T2 - On Growth, Form and Computers SP - 278 KW - algorithms KW - artificial KW - computational KW - development KW - genetic KW - life KW - programming AU - Miller, Julian AU - Banzhaf, Wolfgang A2 - Kumar, Sanjeev A2 - Bentley, Peter PY - 2003/// UR - http://web.cs.mun.ca/~banzhaf/papers/chapter_finalrevision.pdf ER -