Abstract
In this paper, we describe an approach to artificial life, which uses Qualitative Reasoning for the simulation of life within a 3D virtual environment. This system uses qualitative formalisms to describe both the physiology of a virtual creature and its environment. This approach has two main advantages: the possibility of representing integrated physiological functions at various levels of abstraction and the use of a common formalism for the simulation of internal (physiological) and external (environmental) processes. We illustrate this framework by revisiting early work in Artificial Life and providing these virtual life forms with a corresponding physiology, to obtain a complete living organism in virtual worlds.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Advances in artificial life |
| Place of Publication | Heidelberg |
| Publisher | Springer Berlin |
| Pages | 540-550 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2005 |
| Event | 8th European Conference on Artificial Life - Canterbury, United Kingdom Duration: 5 Sept 2005 → 9 Sept 2005 Conference number: 8th |
Publication series
| Name | Advances in Artificial Life |
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| Volume | 3630 |
| ISSN (Print) | 0302-9743 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1611-3349 |
Conference
| Conference | 8th European Conference on Artificial Life |
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| Abbreviated title | ECAL 2005 |
| Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
| City | Canterbury |
| Period | 5/09/05 → 9/09/05 |