Department of Computer Science & Engg., Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College, Gorakhpur-273010, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: ashok7086@gmail.com;
**E-mail: rkiitr@gmail.com
Online published on 7 March, 2013.
Early Alife promised to advance our understanding of the world by provoking a reconceptualisation of the concept of life itself. As the field develops an increasing variety of roles for Alife in science are proposed. A selection of these are reviewed and discussed. It is suggested that Alife simulations can potentially function to advance science in a number of ways, but that all are hampered by an inherent lack of transparency. It is suggested that the slope of ‘downhill invention’ must be partially relinquished and a practical approach to the formulation of a methodology of design is proposed.
