Analysing the mutational pathways of a von Neumann self-reproducer within the Avida world
Hasegawa, Tomonori and McMullin, BarryORCID: 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.
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Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
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Conference
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Uncontrolled Keywords:
John von Neumann; Avida; Self-reproduction; Genotype-phenotype mapping; Evolutionary growth of complexity