Overview of artificial life

In 1987,artificial life was first proposed by C.G.Langton and he defined artificial life is the study of man-made systems that exhibit behaviors characteristic of natural living systems.About 20 years have passed since the birth of artificial life and the indepen-dent statue of artificial life was widely accepted.Artificial life is gradually becoming one of research focuses.The research interest of ar-tificial life is the simulation of behaviors characteristic of natural living systems.Artificial life theory emphasizes using the bottom-up synthetic approach and this makes artificial systems own more flexibility and adaptability.The origin,key concepts and development trends about artificial life were explained.

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