Kang Feng* | Lei Chen
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Aiming at expanding the research scope of artificial life, this paper studies the evolution of artificial ecosystem consisting of five simulated ecological layers, four influence programs and one evolution program. The concurrent execution of all influence and evolution programs is known as the ecological chain algorithm. The author carries out the artificial ecosystem evolution experiment using a set of simulated climate data. It is found that the law that the artificial ecosystem evolves with the simulated climate change is consistent with that of the natural ecosystem. Therefore, the study extends the research scope of artificial life, and provides an alternative to the evolution of natural ecosystem.
artificial life, artificial life population, artificial ecosystem, evolution program, ecological chain algorithm
This paper is made possible by the generous support from Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation (1508085MF124).
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