Computer Science 394
Special Topics
Artificial Life
Dickinson College
Spring Semester 2007
Grant Braught
Modeling Evolution
Reading Assignment 
- Hussain, T. (1998). An Introduction to Evolutionary Computation. Retrieved January 11, 2007 from neo.lcc.uma.es/cEA-web/documents/hussain98.pdf.
- Beasley. D., Bull, D. & Martin, R. (1993). An Overview of Genetic Algorithms: Part 1: Fundamentals. University Computing, 15(2), 58-69.
- Packard, N. (1988). Intrinsic Adaptation in a Simple Model for Evolution. In C. Langton (Ed.). Artificial Life (pp. 141-155). Redwood City: Addison-Wesley.
- Ray, T. (1988). An Approach to the Synthesis of Life. In C. Langton, C. Taylor, J. Farmer & S. Rasmussen (Eds.). Artificial Life II (pp. 371-408). Redwood City: Addison-Wesley.
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