27 Mar survival

In life (and artificial life) survival is a function of fitness. If an organism is to survive, it must deter or overcome forces that would terminate its life. In animals this is instinctive. In machines, this must be taught, though how to teach a machine to survive remains a mystery.
Keywords: ALife
AI
genetics
genetic algorithms
References: Goldberg, 1989
Holland, 1975
algorithms
genetics
computing