Studying Artificial Life Using a Simple, General Cellular Model (1995)
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@MISC{Sipper95studyingartificial,
author = {Moshe Sipper},
title = {Studying Artificial Life Using a Simple, General Cellular Model},
year = {1995}
}
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Some of the major outstanding problems in biology are related to issues of emergence and evolution. These include: (1) how do populations of organisms traverse their adaptive landscapes? (2) what is the relation between adaptedness and fitness? (3) the formation of multi-cellular organisms from basic units or cells. In this paper we study these issues using a model which is both general and simple. The system, derived from the CA (cellular automata) model, consists of a two-dimensional grid of interacting organisms which may evolve over time. We first present designed multi-cellular organisms which display several interesting behaviors including: reproduction, growth, mobility. We then turn our attention to evolution in various environments, including: an environment in which competition for space occurs, an IPD (Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma) environment, an environment of spatial niches, and an environment of temporal niches. One of the advantages of AL models is the opportunities they...
