Hasegawa, Tomonori and McMullin, Barry ORCID: 0000-0002-5789-2068
(2013)
Analysing the mutational pathways of a von Neumann self-reproducer within the Avida world.
In: European Conference on Complex Systems (ECCS) 2013, 16-20 Sept, 2013, Barcelona, Spain.
The architecture of machine self-reproduction proposed by John von Neumann is studied within an artificial life platform known as Avida. To shed light on the evolutionary potential of the von Neumann style self-reproduction within the Avida world, we preliminarily characterise a hand-designed self-reproducer by extensive single-point mutation analysis. Although not surprisingly, the vast majority of the single-point mutants were classified as infertile, whereas the rest minorities as fertile and as yet unclassified. We conclude this paper by suggesting the possible enhancement of the analysis.
Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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Event Type: | Conference |
Refereed: | Yes |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | John von Neumann; Avida; Self-reproduction; Genotype-phenotype mapping; Evolutionary growth of complexity |
Subjects: | Engineering > Artificial life Computer Science > Computer simulation |
DCU Faculties and Centres: | DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Engineering and Computing > School of Electronic Engineering Research Institutes and Centres > Research Institute for Networks and Communications Engineering (RINCE) |
Use License: | This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License |
ID Code: | 19535 |
Deposited On: | 14 Oct 2013 10:43 by Barry Mcmullin . Last Modified 01 Sep 2020 12:40 |
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