Thirty years of computational autopoiesis: A review

Artificial Life

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 277-295

  McMullin, Barry ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Autopoiesis; Individuality; Self maintenance; Self repair

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGY; CELLS; GENES; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AUTOPOIESIS; COMPUTATIONAL AUTOPOIESIS; INDIVIDUALITY; SELF MAINTENANCE; SELF REPAIR;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; HISTORY; HUMAN; REVIEW;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 3142756368     PISSN: 10645462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/1064546041255548     Document Type: Article

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