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In this paper, we consider how self-description can be realized for construction and execution in a single framework of a variant of graph rewriting systems, called graph rewriting automata. As an example of self-description for construction, self-replication based on a self-description is shown. A meta-node structure is introduced for self-description for execution that enables us to embed rule sets in the graph structure. It can be a model of systems that maintain and modify themselves.
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Tomita, K., Murata, S., Kamimura, A., Kurokawa, H. (2005). Self-description for Construction and Execution in Graph Rewriting Automata. In: Capcarrère, M.S., Freitas, A.A., Bentley, P.J., Johnson, C.G., Timmis, J. (eds) Advances in Artificial Life. ECAL 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 3630. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11553090_71
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