Self-replicating machines in continuous space with virtual physics

Artificial Life

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-40

  Smith, Arnold ^a   Turney, Peter ^a   Ewaschuk, Robert ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Continuous space automata; Mobile automata; Nanotechnology; Seeded self replication; Self replication; Spontaneous self replication; Virtual physics

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

CONTINUOUS SPACE AUTOMATA; MOBILE AUTOMATA; SEEDED SELF-REPLICATION; SELF-REPLICATION; SPONTANEOUS SELF-REPLICATION; VIRTUAL PHYSICS;

AUTOMATA THEORY;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYSICS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYSICS;

EID: 0042976110     PISSN: 10645462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/106454603321489509     Document Type: Article

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