The Creation of Novelty in Artificial Chemistries


Dominique Groß Barry McMullin
University of Bergen Dublin City University
Dominique.Gross@svt.uib.no Barry.McMullin@rince.ie



©2002

Presented at
ALife VIII
(December 9-13, 2002, UNSW, Sydney, Australia)

Dublin City University
Research Institute for Networks and Communications Engineering
Artificial Life Laboratory
Technical Report Number: dg-alife8-2002



Abstract:


We observe that the world surrounding us perpetually creates novelty. The question we examine in this article is whether it is possible to build computer models that are similarly creative. The discussion focuses specifically on artificial chemistries.
Keywords: Creation of Novelty, Methodology, Artificial Chemistries, Tierra, Emergence



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