book announcement--Standish

[David Weininger]

I thought readers of the Connectionists List might be interested in this 
book.  For more information, please visit http://mitpress.mit.edu/0262692813/ 
 Thank you!

Best,
David

Artifical Life VIII
Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Artificial Life
edited by Russell Standish, Mark A. Bedau, and Hussein A. Abbass

The term "artificial life" describes research into synthetic systems that 
possess some of the essential properties of life. This interdisciplinary 
field includes biologists, computer scientists, physicists, chemists, 
geneticists, and others. Artificial life may be viewed as an attempt to 
understand high-level behavior from low-level rules--for example, how the 
simple interactions between ants and their environment lead to complex 
trail-following behavior. An understanding of such relationships in 
particular systems can suggest novel solutions to complex real-world problems 
such as disease prevention, stock-market prediction, and data mining on the 
Internet.

Since their inception in 1987, the Artificial Life meetings have grown from 
small workshops to truly international conferences, reflecting the field's 
increasing appeal to researchers in all areas of science.

Russell Standish is Director of the High Performance Computing Support Unit 
and Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Mathematics at the 
University of New South Wales. Mark A. Bedau is Professor of Philosophy and 
Humanities at Reed College, Adjunct Professor of Systems Science at Portland 
State University, and Editor-in-Chief of the MIT Press journal Artificial 
Life. Hussein A. Abbass is Senior Lecturer and Director of the Artificial 
Life and Adaptive Robotics Lab, School of Computer Science, Australian 
Defense Force Academy, and Honorary Associate at the University of New 
England.

8 1/2 x 11, 504 pp., paper, ISBN 0-262-69281-3

Complex Adaptive Systems series
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