Facing N-P problems via artificial life: A philosophical appraisal

Carlos E. Maldonado; Nelson Gómez

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-21314-4_27

Facing N-P problems via artificial life: A philosophical appraisal

Carlos E. Maldonado, Nelson Gómez

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Life as an N-P problem is a philosophical, scientific and engineering concern. N-P problems can be understood and worked out via artificial life. However, these problems demand a new understanding of engineering, since engineering is basically a way of acting upon the world. Such a new engineering is known as non-conventional engineering or also as complex systems engineering. Bio-inspired systems are more flexible and allow a higher number of degrees of freedom. As a consequence, AL enlarges our understanding of living systems in general and can be taken as a step forwards in grasping the complexity of life.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Advances in Artificial Life
Subtitle of host publication	Darwin Meets von Neumann - 10th European Conference, ECAL 2009, Revised Selected Papers
Pages	216-221
Number of pages	6
Edition	PART 2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21314-4_27
State	Published - 2011
Event	10th European Conference of Artificial Life, ECAL 2009 - Budapest, Hungary Duration: Sep 13 2009 → Sep 16 2009

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Number	PART 2
Volume	5778 LNAI
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Conference	10th European Conference of Artificial Life, ECAL 2009
Country/Territory	Hungary
City	Budapest
Period	9/13/09 → 9/16/09

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Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

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Maldonado, C. E., & Gómez, N. (2011). Facing N-P problems via artificial life: A philosophical appraisal. In Advances in Artificial Life: Darwin Meets von Neumann - 10th European Conference, ECAL 2009, Revised Selected Papers (PART 2 ed., pp. 216-221). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 5778 LNAI, No. PART 2). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21314-4_27

Maldonado, Carlos E. ; Gómez, Nelson. / Facing N-P problems via artificial life : A philosophical appraisal. Advances in Artificial Life: Darwin Meets von Neumann - 10th European Conference, ECAL 2009, Revised Selected Papers. PART 2. ed. 2011. pp. 216-221 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); PART 2).

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Maldonado, CE & Gómez, N 2011, Facing N-P problems via artificial life: A philosophical appraisal. in Advances in Artificial Life: Darwin Meets von Neumann - 10th European Conference, ECAL 2009, Revised Selected Papers. PART 2 edn, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), no. PART 2, vol. 5778 LNAI, pp. 216-221, 10th European Conference of Artificial Life, ECAL 2009, Budapest, Hungary, 9/13/09. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21314-4_27

Facing N-P problems via artificial life: A philosophical appraisal. / Maldonado, Carlos E.; Gómez, Nelson.
Advances in Artificial Life: Darwin Meets von Neumann - 10th European Conference, ECAL 2009, Revised Selected Papers. PART 2. ed. 2011. p. 216-221 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 5778 LNAI, No. PART 2).

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Maldonado CE, Gómez N. Facing N-P problems via artificial life: A philosophical appraisal. In Advances in Artificial Life: Darwin Meets von Neumann - 10th European Conference, ECAL 2009, Revised Selected Papers. PART 2 ed. 2011. p. 216-221. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); PART 2). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-21314-4_27

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