| Summary: | Artificial Life Models in Software provides an introduction and guide to modern software tools for modeling and simulating life-like phenomena, written by those who personally design and develop software, hardware, and art installations in artificial life, simulated complex systems and virtual worlds. This timely volume offers a nearly exhaustive overview and original analysis of major non-profit software packages that are actively developed and supported by experts in artificial life and software design. The carefully selected topics include: " simulation and evolution of real and artificial life forms, " natural and artificial morphogenesis, " self-organization, " models of communication and social behaviors, " emergent collective behaviors and swarm intelligence, " agent-based simulations, " autonomous and evolutionary robotics, " adaptive, complex and biologically inspired ecosystems, " artificial chemistries, " creative computer art. The models of life presented here are essential components in undergraduate and post-graduate courses in complex adaptive systems, multi-agent systems, collective robotics and nature-inspired computing. Readers interested in artificial life, evolutionary biology, simulation, cybernetics, computer graphics and animation, neuroscience, cognitive science, and philosophy will find this monograph a valuable guide and an excellent resource for supplementary reading.
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