Title :
Harnessing Digital Evolution
Author :
McKinley, Philip ; Cheng, Betty H C ; Ofria, Charles ; Knoester, David ; Beckmann, Benjamin ; Goldsby, Heather
Author_Institution :
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing
Abstract :
In digital evolution, self-replicating computer programs-digital organisms-experience mutations and selective pressures, potentially producing computational systems that, like natural organisms, adapt to their environment and protect themselves from threats. Such organisms can help guide the design of computer software.
Keywords :
software fault tolerance; computer software; digital evolution; digital organism; self-replicating computer program; Biomimetics; Central Processing Unit; Control systems; Earth; Genetic mutations; Humans; Organisms; Power engineering computing; Robots; Software design; Avida digital evolution platform; computing systems; digital evolution; software;
