When a new building block is discovered, the result is usually a range of innovations.
John Henry HollandIf we are to understand the interactions of a large number of agents, we must first be able to describe the capabilities of individual agents.
John Henry HollandUnwrapping occurs when the "solution" is explicitly built into the program from the start.
John Henry HollandHolland's and Kauffman's work, together with Dawkins' simulations of evolution and Varela's models of autopoietic systems, provide essential inspiration for the new discipline of artificial life, This approach, initiated by Chris Langton (1989, 1992), tries to develop technological systems (computer programs and autonomous robots) that exhibit lifelike properties, such as reproduction, sexuality, swarming, and co-evolution.
John Henry Holland