WebAL Comes of Age: A review of the first 21 years of Artificial Life on the Web

Tim Taylor; Joshua E Auerbach; Josh Bongard; Jeff Clune; Simon Hickinbotham; Charles Ofria; Mizuki Oka; Sebastian Risi; Kenneth O Stanley; Jason Yosinski

doi:10.1162/ARTL_a_00211

WebAL Comes of Age: A review of the first 21 years of Artificial Life on the Web

Tim Taylor, Joshua E Auerbach, Josh Bongard, Jeff Clune, Simon Hickinbotham, Charles Ofria, Mizuki Oka, Sebastian Risi, Kenneth O Stanley, Jason Yosinski

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We present a survey of the first 21 years of web-based artificial life (WebAL) research and applications, broadly construed to include the many different ways in which artificial life and web technologies might intersect. Our survey covers the period from 1994—when the first WebAL work appeared—up to the present day, together with a brief discussion of relevant precursors. We examine recent projects, from 2010–2015, in greater detail in order to highlight the current state of the art. We follow the survey with a discussion of common themes and methodologies that can be observed in recent work and identify a number of likely directions for future work in this exciting area.

Original language	English
Journal	Artificial Life
Volume	22
Issue number	3
Pages (from-to)	364-407
ISSN	1064-5462
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1162/ARTL_a_00211
Publication status	Published - 2016

Keywords

WebAL
web technologies
HTML5
open science
crowdsourcing
crowdfunding
public outreach

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