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Analysing the mutational pathways of a von Neumann self-reproducer within the Avida world

Hasegawa, Tomonori and McMullin, Barry orcid logoORCID: 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.

Abstract
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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Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
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 Initiatives 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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