| Rasek, A; Dörwald, W; Hauhs, M; Kastner-Maresch, A: Species formation in evolving finite state machines in Floreano, D; Nicoud, JD und Mondada, F: Advances in Artificial Life; Proc. of ECAL 99, Lausanne, Springer, 139-148 (1999), doi:10.1007/3-540-48304-7_20 | |
| Abstract: Since the early beginnings of Evolutionary Computation, Finite State Machines (FSMs) have been applied to model organisms. We present a new approach to evolve such artificial organisms. The FSMs are subject to a difficult navigation and searching task in heterogeneous environments. We give a definition of FSM-species and investigate their formation. The results show that species are formed as the organisms agree on a common ‘genetic broadcast language’ and take advantage of the fruitful effects of recombination. As observed in natural ecosystems, higher abiotic diversity leads to higher biotic diversity. |
