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diff --git a/biology/avida/pkg-descr b/biology/avida/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..3f85f3975c88 --- /dev/null +++ b/biology/avida/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +The computer program avida is an auto-adaptive genetic system designed +primarily for use as a platform in Digital or Artificial Life research. The +avida system is based on concepts similar to those employed by the tierra +program developed by Tom Ray. It is a population of self-reproducing strings +with a Turing-complete genetic basis subjected to Poisson-random mutations. +The population adapts to the combination of an intrinsic fitness landscape +(self-reproduction) and an externally imposed (extrinsic) fitness function +provided by the researcher. By studying this system, one can examine +evolutionary adaptation, general traits of living systems (such as +self-organization), and other issues pertaining to theoretical or +evolutionary biology and dynamic systems. + +WWW: http://dllab.caltech.edu/avida/ + +Jeremy +karlj000@unbc.ca |