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Harnessing Digital Evolution
January 2008 (vol. 41 no. 1)
pp. 54-63
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Philip McKinley, Betty H.C. Cheng, Charles Ofria, David Knoester, Benjamin Beckmann, Heather Goldsby, "Harnessing Digital Evolution," Computer, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 54-63, January, 2008.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MC.2008.17,
author = {Philip McKinley and Betty H.C. Cheng and Charles Ofria and David Knoester and Benjamin Beckmann and Heather Goldsby},
title = {Harnessing Digital Evolution},
journal ={Computer},
volume = {41},
number = {1},
issn = {0018-9162},
year = {2008},
pages = {54-63},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MC.2008.17},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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Philip McKinley, Michigan State University
Betty H.C. Cheng, Michigan State University
Charles Ofria, Michigan State University
David Knoester, Michigan State University
Benjamin Beckmann, Michigan State University
Heather Goldsby, Michigan State University
In digital evolution, self-replicating computer programs—digital organisms—experience mutations and selective pressures, potentially producing computational systems that, like natural organisms, adapt to their environment and protect themselves from threats. Such organisms can help guide the design of computer software.

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Index Terms:
digital evolution, Avida digital evolution platform, software, computing systems
Citation:
Philip McKinley, Betty H.C. Cheng, Charles Ofria, David Knoester, Benjamin Beckmann, Heather Goldsby, "Harnessing Digital Evolution," Computer, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 54-63, Jan. 2008, doi:10.1109/MC.2008.17
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