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

Authors:
Carlos E. Maldonado;Nelson Gómez
Affiliations:
Modeling and Simulation Laboratory, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia;nelson.gomez@urosario.edu.co
Venue:
ECAL'09 Proceedings of the 10th European conference on Advances in artificial life: Darwin meets von Neumann - Volume Part II
Year:
2009

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Abstract

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.