Closure to efficient causation, computability and artificial life

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 263, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-92

  Luz Cárdenas, María ^a   Letelier, Juan Carlos ^b   Gutierrez, Claudio ^b   Cornish Bowden, Athel ^a   Soto Andrade, Jorge ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

(M,R) systems; Autocatalytic sets; Autopoiesis; Chemoton; Definitions of life; Impredicativity; Metabolic circularity; Robert Rosen

Indexed keywords

CATALYST; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIFE; LOGIC; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; ORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CATALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LIFE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 77649336226     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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