local fitness landscape analysis tools / statistics tools / computational systems / software platform / algorithmic applications / genetic algorithm / random potential solutions / instruction h-search / digital life software platform / self-replicating systems / virtual hardware / measurement tools / natural systems / self-contained computing automaton / natural living systems / virtual machine hardware / default hardware / experimental protocols / energy / /
Movie
Tierra / Ray / /
Organization
Michigan State University / U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission / /
Person
C. Titus Brown / Chris Adami / Thomas Ray / Claus O. Wilke / John Maynard Smith / Steen Rasmussen / David M. Bryson / Daniel Dennett / Charles Ofria / /
Position
nop-D h-search h-copy if-label nop-C h-divide h-copy mov-head / head / and flow head / command mov-head / read head / researcher / mov-head / flow control head / final arbiter / scheduler / instruction head / flow head / forward / /
Technology
virtual machine / logical unit / flow control / genetic algorithm / simulation / genotype / /
Avida: A Software Platform for Research in Computational Evolutionary Biology Charles Ofria, David M. Bryson, and Claus O. Wilke Avida1 is a software platform for experiments with self-replicating and evolving computer