Simulated autopoiesis in liquid automata

Battle, Steve

Abstract

We present a novel form of Liquid Automata, using this to simulate autopoiesis, whereby living machines self-organise in the physical realm. This simulation is based on an earlier Cellular Automaton described by Francisco Varela. The basis of Liquid Automata is a particle simulation with additional rules about how particles are transformed on collision with other particles. Unlike cellular automata, there is no fixed grid or time-step, only particles moving about and colliding with each other in a continuous space/time.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 14, 2024
• Publication Date: 2024
• Deposit Date: May 18, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 3, 2024
• Journal: Int. Journ. of Unconventional Computing
• Print ISSN: 1548-7199
• Electronic ISSN: 1548-7202
• Publisher: Old City Publishing
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 2-3
• Pages: 137-147
• Keywords: Autopoiesis; liquid automata; particle systems; cybernetics
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/12000579
• Publisher URL: https://www.oldcitypublishing.com/journals/ijuc-home/ijuc-issue-contents/ijuc-volume-19-number-2-3-2024/ijuc-19-2-3-p-137-147/