Harnessing Digital Evolution
Philip K. McKinley, Betty H. C. Cheng, Charles Ofria, David B. Knoester, Benjamin E. Beckmann, Heather J. Goldsby · Computer · 2008
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.