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An Architecture for Modelling Emergence in CA-Like Systems

Fiona Polack, Susan Stepney, Heather Turner, Peter Welch, and Fred Barnes

In Mathieu S. Capcarr`ere, Alex Alves Freitas, Peter J. Bentley, Colin G. Johnson, and Jon Timmis, editors, Advances in Artificial Life, 8th European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL 2005), volume 3630 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 427-436, Canterbury, UK, September 2005. Springer.

Abstract

We consider models of emergence, adding downward causation to conventional models where causation permeates from low-level elements to high-level behaviour. We describe an architecture and prototype simulation medium for tagging and modelling emergent features in CA-like systems. This is part of ongoing work on engineering emergence.

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Bibtex Record

@inproceedings{2273,
author = {Fiona Polack and Susan Stepney and Heather Turner and Peter Welch and Fred Barnes},
title = {{A}n {A}rchitecture for {M}odelling {E}mergence in {CA}-{L}ike {S}ystems},
month = {September},
year = {2005},
pages = {427--436},
keywords = {cellular automata, emergence, occam-pi, simulation},
note = {},
doi = {},
url = {http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/pubs/2005/2273},
    publication_type = {inproceedings},
    submission_id = {19671_1131318177},
    ISBN = {3-540-28848-1},
    booktitle = {Advances in Artificial Life, 8th European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL 2005)},
    editor = {Mathieu S. Capcarr`ere and Alex Alves Freitas and Peter J. Bentley and Colin G. Johnson and Jon Timmis},
    volume = {3630},
    series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
    address = {Canterbury, UK},
    publisher = {Springer},
    refereed = {yes},
}

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