Artificial Life Models in Software

Virtual Environments.- Avida.- Foundations of and Recent Advances in Artificial Life Modeling with Repast 3 and Repast Simphony.- Sodarace.- 3D Multi-Agent Simulations in the breve Simulation Environment.- Framsticks.- Lattice Worlds.- StarLogo TNG.- From Artificial Life to In Silico Medicine.- Discrete Dynamics Lab.- EINSTein.- Artificial Chemistries.- From Artificial Chemistries to Systems Biology.- Spatially Resolved Artificial Chemistry.- Artificial Life Arts.- Simulated Breeding.- The Evolution of Sonic Ecosystems.- Enriching Aesthetics with Artificial Life.

From the reviews of the second edition:

“Inducing biological functioning into a computing system has always been an interesting topic. It is quite difficult to confirm whether we can make a computing system behave as a life element. This book provides applications, philosophies, and tools that help provide artificial life models in software. … the book provides detailed descriptions of frameworks, applications, and approaches used in artificial life models in software. This well-written book includes chapters that relate nicely to each other, helpful figures, and in-depth discussions of the various topics.” (Varadraj Gurupur, ACM Computing Reviews, February, 2010)