Enhancing the diversity of self-replicating structures using active self-adapting mechanisms.

ABSTRACT: Numerous varieties of life forms have filled the earth throughout evolution. Evolution consists of two processes: self-replication and interaction with the physical environment and other living things around it. Initiated by von Neumann et al. studies on self-replication in cellular automata have attracted much attention, which aim to explore the logical mechanism underlying the replication of living things. In nature, competition is a common and spontaneous resource to drive self-replications, whereas most cellular-automaton-based models merely focus on some self-protection mechanisms that may deprive the rights of other artificial life (loops) to live. Especially, Huang et al. designed a self-adaptive, self-replicating model using a greedy selection mechanism, which can increase the abil

SUBMITTER: Xu W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9360575 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature