Evolutionary Discovery of Arbitrary Self-replicating Structures

In this paper we describe our recent use of genetic programming methods to automatically discover CA rule sets that produce self-replication of arbitrary given structures. Our initial results have produced larger, more rapidly replicating structures than past evolutionary models while requiring only a small fraction of the computational time needed in past similar studies. We conclude that genetic programming provides a very powerful tool for discovering novel CA models of self-replicating systems and possibly other complex systems.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: ICCS
• Authors: Zhijian Pan, James A. Reggia
• Keywords: Arbitrary Given Structures, Genetic Programming, Genetic Programming Methods, ICCS 2005