EVOLVING A REPLICATOR - The Genetic Programming of Self Reproduction in Cellular Automata (1993) [1 citations — 0 self]
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author = {Hugo De Garis},
title = {EVOLVING A REPLICATOR - The Genetic Programming of Self Reproduction in Cellular Automata},
booktitle = {In ? [568},
year = {1993},
pages = {274--284}
}
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This paper presents the results of an investigative study into the evolution of cellular automata replicators using Genetic Programming (GP) techniques (i.e. using Genetic Algorithms (GAs) to build/evolve complex systems). There are at least two reasons why such a study might be considered interesting. One reason is to explore how difficult the evolution of (CA) replicators might be, a topic of importance for Artificial Life. Another reason is the possibility that the evolution of CAs, if successful, may provide tools for next-generation quantum-electronic computers (e.g. using "quantum dot arrays") which may use CAs as their operating principle. 1. Introduction One of the growing intellectual interests of the author is nanotechnology [Drexler 1992], which the author believes will prove in the long term to be the enabling technology for truly effective artificial life forms, and true artificial intelligence. However, since nanotech, by definition, is molecular scale engineering, if eve...
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| 339 | The Theory of Self-Reproducing Automata – Neumann - 1966 |
| 61 | Essays on Cellular Automata – Burks - 1970 |
| 51 | Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing and Computation – Drexler - 1992 |
