Freund, Harald, and Robert Wolter. “Evolution of Bit Strings.” Complex Systems 5 (1991): 279-298.
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In this paper we show some preliminary results of simulations with a population of bit strings. We present the ideas of our model and point out the difficulties in implementing them. Although an open evolution is one of the final aims, we can present some interesting results with finite and even very small systems. One important result is the evidence that introducing start codons in the decoding scheme is reason able. This seems to have biological relevance since start codons are used in natural decoding processes.