Harnessing Digital Evolution

  • Authors:
  • Philip McKinley;Betty H. C. Cheng;Charles Ofria;David Knoester;Benjamin Beckmann;Heather Goldsby

  • Affiliations:
  • Michigan State University;Michigan State University;Michigan State University;Michigan State University;Michigan State University;Michigan State University

  • Venue:
  • Computer
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

In digital evolution, self-replicating computer programs—digital organisms—experience mutations and selective pressures, potentially producing computational systems that, like natural organisms, adapt to their environment and protect themselves from threats. Such organisms can help guide the design of computer software.