The evolution of sonic ecosystems

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    Abstract

    This chapter describes a novel type of artistic artificial life software environment. Agents that have the ability to make and listen to sound populate a synthetic world. An evolvable, rule-based classifier system drives agent behavior. Agents compete for limited resources in a virtual environment that is influenced by the presence and movement of people observing the system. Electronic sensors create a link between the real and virtual spaces, virtual agents evolve implicitly to try to maintain the interest of the human audience, whose presence provides them with life-sustaining food.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationArtificial Life Models in Software (Second Edition)
    PublisherSpringer
    Pages393-414
    Number of pages22
    ISBN (Print)9781848822849
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    Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2009

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