Artificial Life - Related Subjects

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  1. Artificial intelligence has traditionally used a top down approach, while alife generally works from the bottom up.
  2. Artificial chemistry started as a method within the alife community to abstract the processes of chemical reactions.
  3. Evolutionary algorithms are a practical application of the weak alife principle applied to optimization problems. Many optimization algorithms have been crafted which borrow from or closely mirror alife techniques. The primary difference lies in explicitly defining the fitness of an agent by its ability to solve a problem, instead of its ability to find food, reproduce, or avoid death. The following is a list of evolutionary algorithms closely related to and used in alife:
    • Ant colony optimization
    • Evolutionary algorithm
    • Genetic algorithm
    • Genetic programming
    • Swarm intelligence
  4. Evolutionary art uses techniques and methods from artificial life to create new forms of art.
  5. Evolutionary music uses similar techniques, but applied to music instead of visual art.
  6. Abiogenesis and the origin of life sometimes employ alife methodologies as well.

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