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... scientist Christopher Langton poses the question : under what conditions can we expect a dynamics of information to emerge spontaneously and come to dominate the behavior of a physical system ( 41 ) ? Since living systems are ...
... scientist Christopher Langton poses the question : under what conditions can we expect a dynamics of information to emerge spontaneously and come to dominate the behavior of a physical system ( 41 ) ? Since living systems are ...
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... scientist who invented genetic algorithms , a method by which computer algorithms can be evolved and improved using strategies of " mating " and " sexual ” combination . All three of these scientists have been closely associated with ...
... scientist who invented genetic algorithms , a method by which computer algorithms can be evolved and improved using strategies of " mating " and " sexual ” combination . All three of these scientists have been closely associated with ...
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... Scientists discovered that in the brain and nervous system this is carried out by millions of independent neurons ... scientist cited at the outset , has designed one himself , the " Swarm system " used for multi - agent simulations ...
... Scientists discovered that in the brain and nervous system this is carried out by millions of independent neurons ... scientist cited at the outset , has designed one himself , the " Swarm system " used for multi - agent simulations ...
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