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An Investigation of the Importance of Mechanisms and Parameters in a Multicellular Developmental System


Abstract:

Multicellular organisms in biology possess invaluable characteristics, which artificial systems in engineering lack, such as adaptivity and robustness. Modeling biologica...Show More

Abstract:

Multicellular organisms in biology possess invaluable characteristics, which artificial systems in engineering lack, such as adaptivity and robustness. Modeling biologically inspired multicellular developmental systems in evolutionary computation have been considered for a number of years, and there exist many developmental simulations that capture multicellular characteristics of biological organisms. However, the relative importance of many mechanisms in such models is still poorly understood. This paper undertakes a detailed investigation of the importance of many mechanisms and parameters on the organizational behavior of a gene regulatory network based artificial developmental system via classical pattern matching experiments. The work leads to an improved understanding of artificial multicellular development, which will assist in its utilization in the application of evolutionary computation. It may also provide a better understanding of mechanisms of biological development.
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation ( Volume: 15, Issue: 3, June 2011)
Page(s): 313 - 345
Date of Publication: 23 June 2011

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