Morphological Computation and Morphological Control: Steps Toward a Formal Theory and Applications Abstract Morphological computation can be loosely defined as the exploitation of the shape, material properties, and physical dynamics of a physical system to…
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An Enhanced Hypercube-Based
An Enhanced Hypercube-Based Encoding for Evolving the Placement, Density, and Connectivity of Neurons Sebastian Risi*,** University of Central Florida Kenneth O. Stanley** University of Central Florida Intelligence in nature is the product of living brains,…
Se requiere un exceso de catálisis mutua
Excess Mutual Catalysis Is Required for Effective Evolvability Omer Markovitch** Weizmann Institute of Science Doron Lancet*,** Weizmann Institute of Science It is widely accepted that autocatalysis constitutes a Abstract crucial facet of effective replication and…
Evolvable Physical Self-Replicators
Evolvable Physical Self-Replicators Abstract Building an evolvable physical self-replicating machine is a grand challenge. The main problem is that the device must be capable of hereditary variation, eso es, replicating in many configurations—configurations into which…
Jing Liu**
Jing Liu** University of New South Wales Hussein A. Abbass** University of New South Wales Weicai Zhong*,** University of New South Wales David G. Green† Monash University Keywords Complex networks, comunidad, scale-free networks Local-Global Interaction…
Global Adaptation in
Global Adaptation in Networks of Selfish Components: Emergent Associative Memory at the System Scale In some circumstances complex adaptive systems Abstract composed of numerous self-interested agents can self-organize into structures that enhance global adaptation, eficiencia,…
Untethered Hovering Flapping
Untethered Hovering Flapping Flight of a 3D-Printed Mechanical Insect Charles Richter** Cornell University Hod Lipson*,** Cornell University Keywords 3D printing, ornithopter, micro air vehicle, untethered hovering, insect flight A version of this paper with color…
Identifying Patterns from
Identifying Patterns from One-Rule-Firing Cellular Automata Jae Kyun Shin* Yeungnam University Keywords Cellular automata, one-rule firing, flower patterns, complexity Abstract A new firing scheme for cellular automata in which only one rule is fired at…
Paul Vogt*,**
Paul Vogt*,** Tilburg University Evert Haasdijk† Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Keywords Social learning, language games, language evolution, agent-based modeling, population-based adaptive systems Modeling Social Learning of Language and Skills Abstract We present a model of social…
Martin M. Hanczyc**
Martin M. Hanczyc** University of Southern Denmark Takashi Ikegami*,† University of Tokyo Keywords Chemotaxis, cognition, homeostasis, interfacial tension, oil droplet Chemical Basis for Minimal Cognition Abstract We have developed a simple chemical system capable of…