# Lenia: Biology of Artificial Life

*Source* · `src-chan-2019-lenia` · status: **n/a**

| field | value |
|---|---|
| kind | Peer-reviewed paper |
| authors | Bert Wang-Chak Chan |
| venue | Complex Systems 28(3) |
| date | 2018-12-13 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.05433 |
| arxiv | 1812.05433 |
| accessed | 2026-10-24 |

## Notes

Continuous space-time-state cellular automaton with a ring kernel and growth function; over 400 species in 18 families, many found by interactive evolutionary search.

## Backlinks (computed)

**cited by:** [Continuous cellular automata and foundation-model search for artificial life](../technique/continuous-alife-and-asal.md)

## Citation

Bert Wang-Chak Chan (2018-12-13). *Lenia: Biology of Artificial Life*. Complex Systems 28(3) https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.05433

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