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The Games of Life

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Life is so complex and diverse that the mere possibility of its mathematical modeling is sometimes denied. Nonetheless, there are many successful models of biological and social systems. The common property of many such models is that they treat an individual organism, a cell or an animal, as an automaton. An automaton is essentially a ‘black box’ which receives information and generates an output, choosing it from a fixed repertoire. Hence, it is described by specifying a set of mapping rules that must be applied to generate responses for various combinations of incoming signals.

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  1. Fritz-Haber-Institut, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195, Berlin, Germany

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  2. Joint Research Center, Directorate for Science Strategy European Commission, 1049, Brussels, Belgium

    Dr. Vera Calenbuhr

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Mikhailov, A.S., Calenbuhr, V. (2002). The Games of Life. In: From Cells to Societies. Springer Series in Synergetics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05062-0_2

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