  The goal of this tutorial is to promote interest in the study of random
Boolean networks (RBNs). These can be very interesting models, since one does
not have to assume any functionality or particular connectivity of the networks
to study their generic properties. Like this, RBNs have been used for exploring
the configurations where life could emerge. The fact that RBNs are a
generalization of cellular automata makes their research a very important
topic. The tutorial, intended for a broad audience, presents the state of the
art in RBNs, spanning over several lines of research carried out by different
groups. We focus on research done within artificial life, as we cannot exhaust
the abundant research done over the decades related to RBNs.
