Generative systems

Generative systems are systems that use a few basic rules to yield patterns. Depending on the rules, the patterns can be extremely varied and unpredictable. One of the more well-known examples is Conway's Game of Life, a cellular automaton. Another example is Boids. More examples can be found in generative music, generative art, and, more recently, in video games such as Spore.

See also

• Digital morphogenesis
• Emergent behavior
• Generative music
• Generative art

External links

• A talk on generative systems by Will Wright and Brian Eno for the Long Now Foundation
• The Future of the Internet and How to Stop it; Yale University Press (2008)
• Early generative computer graphics by Herber W. Franke
• Generative System by Benedikt Gross
• Bugworld - a generative vermin installation by Philipp Sackl, Markus Jaritz & Thomas Gläser