Swarm-Based Morphogenetic Artificial Life
We present a swarm-based framework for designing and implementing morphogenetic artifacts that can grow, self-organize and self-repair in a fully decentralized manner. Artifacts are realized as swarms of multiple types of very simple, kinetically interact
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tems Design, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Didier Sornette, Chair of Entrepreneurial Risks, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Stefan Thurner, Section for Science of Complex Systems, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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René Doursat Hiroki Sayama Olivier Michel •
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Morphogenetic Engineering Toward Programmable Complex Systems
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Editors René Doursat Institut des Systèmes Complexes, Paris Ile-de-France (ISC-PIF) CNRS and Ecole Polytechnique Paris France
Olivier Michel Algorithmic, Complexity and Logic Laboratory, Faculté des Sciences et Technologie Université Paris-Est Créteil Créteil France
Hiroki Sayama Department of Bioengineering Binghamton University State University of New York Binghamton, NY USA
ISSN 1860-0832 ISBN 978-3-642-33901-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-33902-8
ISSN 1860-0840 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-642-33902-8 (eBook)
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