Self-replicating and self-modifying programs in fraglets

L Yamamoto, D Schreckling… - 2007 2nd Bio-Inspired …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The inherently decentralized nature of artificial chemical computing models makes them
particularly attractive for building bio-inspired software with self-organizing and emergent …

Evolving artificial cell signaling networks: Perspectives and methods

J Decraene, GG Mitchell, B McMullin - Advances in Biologically Inspired …, 2007 - Springer
Nature is a source of inspiration for computational techniques which have been successfully
applied to a wide variety of complex application domains. In kee** with this we examine …

Unexpected evolutionary dynamics in a string based artificial chemistry

J Decraene, GG Mitchell, B McMullin - 2008 - doras.dcu.ie
This work investigates closure in Cell Signaling Networks, which is one research area within
the ESIGNET project. We employ a string-based Artificial Chemistry based on Holland's …

Robustness to code and data deletion in autocatalytic quines

T Meyer, D Schreckling, C Tschudin… - … Systems Biology X, 2008 - Springer
Software systems nowadays are becoming increasingly complex and vulnerable to all sorts
of failures and attacks. There is a rising need for robust self-repairing systems able to restore …

A multidisciplinary survey of computational techniques for the modelling, simulation and analysis of biochemical networks

J Decraene, T Hinze - 2010 - dr.ntu.edu.sg
All processes of life are controlled by networks of interacting biochemical components. The
purpose of modelling these networks is manifold. From a theoretical point of view it allows …

Crosstalk and the cooperation of collectively autocatalytic reaction networks

J Decraene, GG Mitchell… - 2009 IEEE Congress on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We examine a potential role of signalling crosstalk in Artificial Cell Signalling Networks
(ACSNs). In this research, we regard these ACSNs as subsets of collectively autocatalytic …

[BOOK][B] Using self-adaptive software architecture to realise agent ontogeny

TL Van Zyl - 2011 - search.proquest.com
Abstract Information technology (IT) system development faces increasing challenges as a
result of the complexity involved in the large number of interacting, distributed and …

Signal‐regulated systems and networks

TL Van Zyl, EM Ehlers - Complexity, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The article presents the use of signal regulatory networks (SRNs), a biologically inspired
model based on gene regulatory networks. SRNs are a way of understanding a class of self …

Closure in artificial cell signalling networks-investigating the emergence of cognition in collectively autocatalytic reaction networks

J Decraene - 2009 - doras.dcu.ie
Cell Signalling Networks (CSNs) are complex biochemical networks responsible for the
coordination of cellular activities in response to internal and external stimuli. We hypothesize …

A molecular approach to complex adaptive systems

J Decraene, GG Mitchell, B McMullin - 2007 - doras.dcu.ie
Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) are dynamical networks of interacting agents which as a
whole determine the behavior, adaptivity and cognitive ability of the system. CAS are …