FROM ARTIFICIAL LIFE TO REAL LIFE: COMPUTER SIMULATION OF PLANT GROWTH∗

1 January 1991

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of General Systems

Vol. 18 (4) , 291-319
https://doi.org/10.1080/03081079108935154

Abstract

Artificial life is by itself an important area of scientific investigation. However, this scientific discipline will be more effective if it can also help one to understand how natural living systems really work. It is argued that plant growth is an area where the studies in artificial life lend themselves to computer modeling of what really happens in nature. An approach for such modeling is described, and the initial results of implementing this approach for a corn plant growth are presented.

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