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ALIFE 2016, the Fifteenth International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems

July 4–6, 2016

Cancun, Mexico

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ALIFE 2016, the Fifteenth International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems

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ALIFE 2016, the Fifteenth International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems

Introduction

Tom Froese, J. Mario Siqueiros, Wendy Aguilar, Eduardo J. Izquierdo, Hiroki Sayama, Carlos Gershenson

isal 2016; 3-10https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch00b

View Articletitled, Introduction

Autopoiesis and Enaction in the Game of Life

Randall R. Beer

isal 2016; 13https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch001

View Articletitled, Autopoiesis and Enaction in the Game of Life

Gilbert Simondon and the enactive conception of life and mind

Ezequiel Di Paolo

isal 2016; 14https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch002

View Articletitled, Gilbert Simondon and the enactive conception of life and mind

"Artificial Life and Society: Philosophies and Tools for Experiencing, Interacting with and Managing Real World Complex Adaptive Systems

Alexandra Penn

isal 2016; 15https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch003

View Articletitled, "Artificial Life and Society: Philosophies and Tools for Experiencing, Interacting with and Managing Real World Complex Adaptive Systems

Why development matters to (artificial) life: Lessons from human babies

Linda Smith

isal 2016; 16https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch004

View Articletitled, Why development matters to (artificial) life: Lessons from human babies

Cognition and the Brain

Mark Bickhard

isal 2016; 17https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch005

View Articletitled, Cognition and the Brain

In symbio biopoiesis as model of evolved Alife (400 PPM Microbiome)

Ken Rinaldo

isal 2016; 18https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch006

View Articletitled, In symbio biopoiesis as model of evolved Alife (400 PPM Microbiome)

Linking Individual to Collective Behavior in Complex Adaptive Networks

Jorge M. Pacheco

isal 2016; 19https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch007

View Articletitled, Linking Individual to Collective Behavior in Complex Adaptive Networks

Climate Change Governance, Cooperation and Self-organization

Francisco C. Santos

isal 2016; 20https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch008

View Articletitled, Climate Change Governance, Cooperation and Self-organization

Do Endothelial Cells Dream of Eclectic Shape?

Katie Bentley

isal 2016; 21https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch009

View Articletitled, Do Endothelial Cells Dream of Eclectic Shape?

Artificial Life and Society: Philosophies and Tools for Experiencing, Interacting with and Managing Real World Complex Adaptive Systems

Alexandra Penn

isal 2016; 26-27https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch009-bis

View Articletitled, Artificial Life and Society: Philosophies and Tools for Experiencing, Interacting with and Managing Real World Complex Adaptive Systems

Alife as a Model Discipline for Policy-Relevant Simulation Modelling: Might Worse Simulations Fuel a Better Science-Policy Interface?

Seth Bullock

isal 2016; 28-29https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch010

View Articletitled, Alife as a Model Discipline for Policy-Relevant Simulation Modelling: Might Worse Simulations Fuel a Better Science-Policy Interface?

The institutional approach for modeling the evolution of human societies

Simon T. Powers

isal 2016; 30-37https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch011

View Articletitled, The institutional approach for modeling the evolution of human societies

Human Crowd Simulation: What CanWe Learn From ALife?

Rui Filipe Antunes, Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann

isal 2016; 38-45https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch012

View Articletitled, Human Crowd Simulation: What CanWe Learn From ALife?

Towards Emergent Design: Analysis, Fitness and Heterogeneity of Agent Based Models Using Geometry of Behavioral Spaces Framework.

Martin Cenek, Spencer Dahl

isal 2016; 46-53https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch013

View Articletitled, Towards Emergent Design: Analysis, Fitness and Heterogeneity of Agent Based Models Using Geometry of Behavioral Spaces Framework.

The BINC Manifesto: Technology driven societal change, science policy & stakeholder engagement

Steen Rasmussen

isal 2016; 54-55https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch014

View Articletitled, The BINC Manifesto: Technology driven societal change, science policy & stakeholder engagement

The Carried Network Demarc

David H. Ackley

isal 2016; 56-57https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch015

View Articletitled, The Carried Network Demarc

Digital Replicators Emerge from a Self-Organizing Prebiotic World

Benjamin Greenbaum, Andrew Pargellis

isal 2016; 60-67https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch016

View Articletitled, Digital Replicators Emerge from a Self-Organizing Prebiotic World

Exploring Constraint: Simulating Self-Organization and Autogenesis in the Autogenic Automaton

Stefan Leijnen, Tom Heskes, Terrence W. Deacon

isal 2016; 68-75https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch017

View Articletitled, Exploring Constraint: Simulating Self-Organization and Autogenesis in the Autogenic Automaton

Protocells: what we have learned about minimal life and evolvability

Steen Rasmussen, Adi Constantinescu, Carsten Svaneborg

isal 2016; 76-77https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch018

View Articletitled, Protocells: what we have learned about minimal life and evolvability

Microarray of programmable electrochemically active elements

John S. McCaskill, Thomas Maeke, Lukas Straczek, Jürgen Oehm, Dominic Funke, Pierre Mayr, Abhishek Sharma, Asbjørn Müller, Uwe Tangen, Norman Packard, Steen Rasmussen

isal 2016; 78-79https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch019

View Articletitled, Microarray of programmable electrochemically active elements

Protein synthesis with liposome fusion and fission by using the freeze-thaw method

Gakushi Tsuji, Takeshi Sunami, Satoshi Fujii, Tetsuya Yomo

isal 2016; 80-81https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch020

View Articletitled, Protein synthesis with liposome fusion and fission by using the freeze-thaw method

Evolving Cellular Automata to Perform User-Defined Computations

Paul Grouchy, Gabriele M.T. D'Eleuterio

isal 2016; 84-91https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch021

View Articletitled, Evolving Cellular Automata to Perform User-Defined Computations

Expansion of Perception Area in Cellular Automata Using Recursive Algorithm

Yoshihiko Kayama

isal 2016; 92-99https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch022

View Articletitled, Expansion of Perception Area in Cellular Automata Using Recursive Algorithm

Ant Geometers

Sean Luke, Katherine Russell, Bryan Hoyle

isal 2016; 100-107https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch023

View Articletitled, Ant Geometers

Evolving Real-time Heuristic Search Algorithms

Vadim Bulitko

isal 2016; 108-115https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch024

View Articletitled, Evolving Real-time Heuristic Search Algorithms

Comparing Human and Automated Evaluation of Open-Ended Student Responses to Questions of Evolution

Michael J. Wiser, Louise S. Mead, Jim J. Smith, Robert T. Pennock

isal 2016; 116-122https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch025

View Articletitled, Comparing Human and Automated Evaluation of Open-Ended Student Responses to Questions of Evolution

How Complexity Pervades Specialization in Canonical Embodied Evolution

Pedro Trueba, Abraham Prieto, Francisco Bellas, Richard J. Duro

isal 2016; 123-130https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch026

View Articletitled, How Complexity Pervades Specialization in Canonical Embodied Evolution

Distributed Age-Layered Novelty Search

Babak Hodjat, Hormoz Shahrzad, Risto Miikkulainen

isal 2016; 131-138https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch027

View Articletitled, Distributed Age-Layered Novelty Search

Spiral autowaves as minimal, distributed gait controllers for soft-bodied animats

Michał Joachimczak, Rishemjit Kaur, Reiji Suzuki, Takaya Arita

isal 2016; 140-141https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch028

View Articletitled, Spiral autowaves as minimal, distributed gait controllers for soft-bodied animats

Self-organized control of an tendon driven arm by differential extrinsic plasticity

Georg Martius, Rafael Hostettler, Alois Knoll, Ralf Der

isal 2016; 142-143https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch029

View Articletitled, Self-organized control of an tendon driven arm by differential extrinsic plasticity

Neuroevolution of Feedback Control for Object Manipulation by 3D Agents

Adam Stanton, Alastair Channon

isal 2016; 144-151https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch030

View Articletitled, Neuroevolution of Feedback Control for Object Manipulation by 3D Agents

Evolving Specialisation in a Population of Heterogeneous Robots: the Challenge of Bootstrapping and Maintaining Genotypic Polymorphism

Arthur Bernard, Jean-Baptiste André, Nicolas Bredeche

isal 2016; 152-159https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch032

View Articletitled, Evolving Specialisation in a Population of Heterogeneous Robots: the Challenge of Bootstrapping and Maintaining Genotypic Polymorphism

Functional Modularity Enables the Realization of Smooth and Effective Behavior Integration

Jonata Tyska Carvalho, Stefano Nolfi

isal 2016; 160-167https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch033

View Articletitled, Functional Modularity Enables the Realization of Smooth and Effective Behavior Integration

Towards the construction of a DNA genome replication system for an artificial cell

Yoshihiro Sakatani, Norikazu Ichihashi

isal 2016; 170-171https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch034

View Articletitled, Towards the construction of a DNA genome replication system for an artificial cell

Critical Mutation Rate has an Exponential Dependence on Population Size for Eukaryotic-Length Genomes

Elizabeth Aston, Alastair Channon, Roman V. Belavkin, Rok Krasovec, Christopher G. Knight

isal 2016; 172-179https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch035

View Articletitled, Critical Mutation Rate has an Exponential Dependence on Population Size for Eukaryotic-Length Genomes

In Silico Experimental Evolution suggests a complex intertwining of selection, robustness and drift in the evolution of genetic networks complexity

Yoram Vadée-Le-Brun, Jonathan Rouzaud-Cornabas, Guillaume Beslon

isal 2016; 174https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch036

View Articletitled, In Silico Experimental Evolution suggests a complex intertwining of selection, robustness and drift in the evolution of genetic networks complexity

Reductive evolution towards primitive life: What will we see?

Atsushi Shibai, Daisuke Motooka, Shota Nakamura, Saburo Tsuru

isal 2016; 188-189https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch037

View Articletitled, Reductive evolution towards primitive life: What will we see?

Bio-Reflective Architectures for Evolutionary Innovation

Simon Hickinbotham, Susan Stepney

isal 2016; 192-199https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch038

View Articletitled, Bio-Reflective Architectures for Evolutionary Innovation

The Limits of Decidable States on Open-Ended Evolution and Emergence

Santiago Hernández-Quiroz, Francisco Hernández-Quiroz, Hector Zenil

isal 2016; 200-207https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch039

View Articletitled, The Limits of Decidable States on Open-Ended Evolution and Emergence

How the Strictness of the Minimal Criterion Impacts Open-Ended Evolution

L. B. Soros, Nick Cheney, Kenneth O. Stanley

isal 2016; 208-215https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch040

View Articletitled, How the Strictness of the Minimal Criterion Impacts Open-Ended Evolution

Evolution of Heterogeneous Cellular Automata in Fluctuating Environments

David Medernach, Simon Carrignon, René Doursat, Taras Kowaliw, Jeannie Fitzgerald, Conor Ryan

isal 2016; 216-223https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch041

View Articletitled, Evolution of Heterogeneous Cellular Automata in Fluctuating Environments

On the Difficulty of Co-Optimizing Morphology and Control in Evolved Virtual Creatures

Nicholas Cheney, Josh Bongard, Vytas SunSpiral, Hod Lipson

isal 2016; 226-233https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch042

View Articletitled, On the Difficulty of Co-Optimizing Morphology and Control in Evolved Virtual Creatures

Material properties affect evolutions ability to exploit morphological computation in growing soft-bodied creatures

Francesco Corucci, Nick Cheney, Hod Lipson, Cecilia Laschi, Josh C. Bongard

isal 2016; 234-241https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch043

View Articletitled, Material properties affect evolutions ability to exploit morphological computation in growing soft-bodied creatures

Evolution-in-Materio of a dynamical system with dynamical structures

Odd Rune Lykkebø, Gunnart Tufte

isal 2016; 242-249https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch044

View Articletitled, Evolution-in-Materio of a dynamical system with dynamical structures

Exploring the coevolution of predator and prey morphology and behavior

Randal S. Olson, Arend Hintze, Fred C. Dyer, Jason H. Moore, Christoph Adami

isal 2016; 250-257https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch045

View Articletitled, Exploring the coevolution of predator and prey morphology and behavior

The Evolution of Evolvability in Evolutionary Robotics

David Shorten, Geoff Nitschke

isal 2016; 260-267https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch046

View Articletitled, The Evolution of Evolvability in Evolutionary Robotics

The Evolution of Evolvability: Changing Environments Promote Rapid Adaptation in Digital Organisms

Rosangela Canino-Koning, Michael J. Wiser, Charles Ofria

isal 2016; 268-275https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch047

View Articletitled, The Evolution of Evolvability: Changing Environments Promote Rapid Adaptation in Digital Organisms

The Relationship Between Evolvability and Robustness in the Evolution of Boolean Networks

David Shorten, Geoff Nitschke

isal 2016; 276-283https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch048

View Articletitled, The Relationship Between Evolvability and Robustness in the Evolution of Boolean Networks

Evolvability of Minimally Cognitive Agents

Matthew Setzler, Eduardo Izquierdo

isal 2016; 284-285https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch049

View Articletitled, Evolvability of Minimally Cognitive Agents

Small-world property promotes the evolution of distributive altruism

Fuki Ueno, Takaya Arita

isal 2016; 288-289https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch050

View Articletitled, Small-world property promotes the evolution of distributive altruism

Social Learning, Environmental Adversity and the Evolution of Cooperation

Peter Andras

isal 2016; 290-297https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch051

View Articletitled, Social Learning, Environmental Adversity and the Evolution of Cooperation

Finding a Mate With Eusocial Skills

Chris Marriott, Jobran Chebib

isal 2016; 298-305https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch052

View Articletitled, Finding a Mate With Eusocial Skills

Task Allocation in Foraging Robot Swarms: The Role of Information Sharing

Lenka Pitonakova, Richard Crowder, Seth Bullock

isal 2016; 306-313https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch053

View Articletitled, Task Allocation in Foraging Robot Swarms: The Role of Information Sharing

Increasing Reward in Biased Natural Selection Decreases Task Performance

Evert Haasdijk, Floor Eigenhuis

isal 2016; 314-321https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch031

View Articletitled, Increasing Reward in Biased Natural Selection Decreases Task Performance

Increasing Reward in Biased Natural Selection Decreases Task Performance

Evert Haasdijk, Floor Eigenhuis

isal 2016; 314-321https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch053-bis

View Articletitled, Increasing Reward in Biased Natural Selection Decreases Task Performance

Performance Metrics of Collective Coordinated Motion in Flocks

Jorge L. Zapotecatl, Angélica Muñoz-Meléndez, Carlos Gershenson

isal 2016; 322-329https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch054

View Articletitled, Performance Metrics of Collective Coordinated Motion in Flocks

FSTaxis Algorithm: Bio-Inspired Emergent Gradient Taxis

Joshua Cherian Varughese, Ronald Thenius, Franz Wotawa, Thomas Schmickl

isal 2016; 330-337https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch055

View Articletitled, FSTaxis Algorithm: Bio-Inspired Emergent Gradient Taxis

Understanding fission-fusion dynamics in social animals through agent-based modelling

Gabriel Ramos-Fernández, Denis Boyer, Octavio Miramontes

isal 2016; 338-339https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch056

View Articletitled, Understanding fission-fusion dynamics in social animals through agent-based modelling

Shape matters in cooperation

Dusan Misevic, Antoine Frénoy, Ariel B. Lindner, François Taddei

isal 2016; 340-341https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch057

View Articletitled, Shape matters in cooperation

Developmental Encodings Promote the Emergence of Hierarchical Modularity

Jessica Lowell, Jordan Pollack

isal 2016; 344-351https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch058

View Articletitled, Developmental Encodings Promote the Emergence of Hierarchical Modularity

Dynamic Structure Discovery and Repair for 3D Cell Assemblages

Giordano B. S. Ferreira, Max Smiley, Matthias Scheutz, Michael Levin

isal 2016; 352-359https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch059

View Articletitled, Dynamic Structure Discovery and Repair for 3D Cell Assemblages

Evolved Developmental Strategies of Artificial Multicellular Organisms

Jean Disset, Sylvain Cussat-Blanc, Yves Duthen

isal 2016; 360-367https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch060

View Articletitled, Evolved Developmental Strategies of Artificial Multicellular Organisms

Robotic cell surface mechanics

Martin Hinsch, Athanasius F. M. Marée, Verônica Grieneisen

isal 2016; 368-369https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch061

View Articletitled, Robotic cell surface mechanics

The Relationship between Microscopic and Collective Properties in Gene Regulatory Network-based Morphogenetic Systems

Hyobin Kim, Hiroki Sayama

isal 2016; 370-371https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch062

View Articletitled, The Relationship between Microscopic and Collective Properties in Gene Regulatory Network-based Morphogenetic Systems

The Evolutionary Origins of Phenotypic Plasticity

Alexander Lalejini, Charles Ofria

isal 2016; 372-379https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch063

View Articletitled, The Evolutionary Origins of Phenotypic Plasticity

Fully Autonomous Real-Time Autoencoder-Augmented Hebbian Learning through the Collection of Novel Experiences

Joshua A. Bowren, Justin K. Pugh, Kenneth O. Stanley

isal 2016; 382-389https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch064

View Articletitled, Fully Autonomous Real-Time Autoencoder-Augmented Hebbian Learning through the Collection of Novel Experiences

Body Representations for Robot Ego-Noise Modelling and Prediction. Towards the Development of a Sense of Agency in Artificial Agents

Guido Schillaci, Claas-Norman Ritter, Verena Vanessa Hafner, Bruno Lara

isal 2016; 390-397https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch065

View Articletitled, Body Representations for Robot Ego-Noise Modelling and Prediction. Towards the Development of a Sense of Agency in Artificial Agents

Higher Order Cognition using Computers: Learning Abstract Concepts with Recursive Graph-based Self Organizing Maps

Peter J. Bentley, Alexander Kurashov, Soo Ling Lim

isal 2016; 398-405https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch066

View Articletitled, Higher Order Cognition using Computers: Learning Abstract Concepts with Recursive Graph-based Self Organizing Maps

How long did it last? Memorizing interval timings in a simple robotic task

Julien Hubert, Takashi Ikegami

isal 2016; 406-407https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch067

View Articletitled, How long did it last? Memorizing interval timings in a simple robotic task

The Prisoners Dilemma, Memory, and the Early Evolution of Intelligence

Mikaela Leas, Emily L. Dolson, Riley Annis, Joshua R. Nahum, Laura Grabowski, Charles Ofria

isal 2016; 408-415https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch068

View Articletitled, The Prisoners Dilemma, Memory, and the Early Evolution of Intelligence

Social Systems and Ecosystems: History Matters

Inman Harvey

isal 2016; 418-425https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch069

View Articletitled, Social Systems and Ecosystems: History Matters

How ecological inheritance can affect the evolution of complex niche construction in a 2D physical simulation

Naoaki Chiba, Reiji Suzuki, Takaya Arita

isal 2016; 426-433https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch070

View Articletitled, How ecological inheritance can affect the evolution of complex niche construction in a 2D physical simulation

The Effects of Evolution and Spatial Structure on Diversity in Biological Reserves

Emily L. Dolson, Michael J. Wiser, Charles Ofria

isal 2016; 434-441https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch071

View Articletitled, The Effects of Evolution and Spatial Structure on Diversity in Biological Reserves

Modeling the Evolution of Mimicry

Mohiul Islam, Peter Grogono

isal 2016; 442-449https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch072

View Articletitled, Modeling the Evolution of Mimicry

Population-Based Simulation of Gender Inequality Issues

John A. Bullinaria

isal 2016; 452-459https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch073

View Articletitled, Population-Based Simulation of Gender Inequality Issues

Job Insecurity in Academic Research Employment: An Agent-Based Model

Eric Silverman, Nic Geard, Ian Wood

isal 2016; 460-467https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch074

View Articletitled, Job Insecurity in Academic Research Employment: An Agent-Based Model

Cultural wave front expansion explains multiple stages of diversity during the Neolithic Transition in Europe

Cornelis J. Drost, Marc Vander Linden

isal 2016; 468-469https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch075

View Articletitled, Cultural wave front expansion explains multiple stages of diversity during the Neolithic Transition in Europe

Cooperation and Reputation in Primitive Societies

Fernando P. Santos, Francisco C. Santos, Jorge M. Pacheco

isal 2016; 470-471https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch076

View Articletitled, Cooperation and Reputation in Primitive Societies

Nobility-targeting raids among the Classic Maya: Cooperation in scale-free networks persists under tournament attack when population size fluctuates

Roberto Ulloa, Tom Froese

isal 2016; 472-479https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch077

View Articletitled, Nobility-targeting raids among the Classic Maya: Cooperation in scale-free networks persists under tournament attack when population size fluctuates

Equality seekers or moderate monopolists: Social structure affects the evolution of distributive norms

Kazuaki Kojima, Reiji Suzuki, Takaya Arita

isal 2016; 480-481https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch078

View Articletitled, Equality seekers or moderate monopolists: Social structure affects the evolution of distributive norms

Evolving Artificial Language through Evolutionary Reinforcement Learning

Xun Li, Risto Miikkulainen

isal 2016; 484-491https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch079

View Articletitled, Evolving Artificial Language through Evolutionary Reinforcement Learning

Understanding Language Evolution in Overlapping Generations of Reinforcement Learning Agents

Lewys G. Brace, Seth Bullock

isal 2016; 492-499https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch080

View Articletitled, Understanding Language Evolution in Overlapping Generations of Reinforcement Learning Agents

Modeling the Evolution of Gene-Culture Divergence

Chris Marriott, Jobran Chebib

isal 2016; 500-507https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch081

View Articletitled, Modeling the Evolution of Gene-Culture Divergence

Divergent Cumulative Cultural Evolution

Chris Marriott, Jobran Chebib

isal 2016; 508-515https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch082

View Articletitled, Divergent Cumulative Cultural Evolution

Shit Happens: The Spontaneous Self-Organisation of Communal Boundary Latrines via Stigmergy in a Null Model of the European Badger, Meles meles

Seth Bullock

isal 2016; 518-525https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch083

View Articletitled, Shit Happens: The Spontaneous Self-Organisation of Communal Boundary Latrines via Stigmergy in a Null Model of the European Badger, Meles meles

Visual Navigation in Simulated Pigeons

Neil Vaughan

isal 2016; 526-527https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch084

View Articletitled, Visual Navigation in Simulated Pigeons

A Level Set Approach to Simulating Xenopus laevis Tail Regeneration

Zachary Serlin, Jason Rife, Michael Levin

isal 2016; 528-535https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch085

View Articletitled, A Level Set Approach to Simulating Xenopus laevis Tail Regeneration

Learning Cassins Vireo (Vireo cassinii) syntax through grammatical inference

Julio G. Arriaga, Richard Hedley, Edgar E. Vallejo, Charles E. Taylor

isal 2016; 536-543https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch086

View Articletitled, Learning Cassins Vireo (Vireo cassinii) syntax through grammatical inference

Propagation of rhythmic dorsoventral wave in a neuromechanical model of locomotion in Caernohabditis elegans

Eduardo J. Izquierdo, Randall D. Beer

isal 2016; 544-545https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch087

View Articletitled, Propagation of rhythmic dorsoventral wave in a neuromechanical model of locomotion in Caernohabditis elegans

A 3D Multiscale Model of Chemotaxis in Bacteria

Andrew Wu, Timothy Davison, Christian Jacob

isal 2016; 546-553https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch088

View Articletitled, A 3D Multiscale Model of Chemotaxis in Bacteria

Flies as Ship Captains? Digital Evolution Unravels Selective Pressures to Avoid Collision in Drosophila

Ali Tehrani-Saleh, Randal S. Olson, Christoph Adami

isal 2016; 554-561https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch089

View Articletitled, Flies as Ship Captains? Digital Evolution Unravels Selective Pressures to Avoid Collision in Drosophila

Eukaryo: An Agent-based, Interactive Simulation of a Eukaryotic Cell

Douglas Yuen, Christian Jacob

isal 2016; 562-569https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch090

View Articletitled, Eukaryo: An Agent-based, Interactive Simulation of a Eukaryotic Cell

A Boolean network model for invasive thyroid carcinoma

Jesús Espinal-Enríquez, Raúl Alejandro Mejía-Pedroza, Enrique Hernández-Lemus

isal 2016; 570-577https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch091

View Articletitled, A Boolean network model for invasive thyroid carcinoma

PajaroLoco: A suite of programs to study complex adaptive properties of animal language. An example of a Cassins vireo syntax network.

Héctor Manuel Sánchez Castellanos, Edgar E. Vallejo, Charles E. Taylor

isal 2016; 578-579https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch092

View Articletitled, PajaroLoco: A suite of programs to study complex adaptive properties of animal language. An example of a Cassins vireo syntax network.

Jordan Algebra AChems: Exploiting Mathematical Richness for Open Ended Design

Penelope Faulkner, Angelika Sebald, Susan Stepney

isal 2016; 582-589https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch093

View Articletitled, Jordan Algebra AChems: Exploiting Mathematical Richness for Open Ended Design

Generalized Stochastic simulation algorithm for Artificial Chemistry

Hedi A. Soula

isal 2016; 590-597https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch094

View Articletitled, Generalized Stochastic simulation algorithm for Artificial Chemistry

Thresholds in Messy Chemistries

Nathaniel Virgo

isal 2016; 598-599https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch095

View Articletitled, Thresholds in Messy Chemistries

Emergent Bonding Properties in the Spiky RBN AChem

Mihail Krastev, Angelika Sebald, Susan Stepney

isal 2016; 600-607https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch096

View Articletitled, Emergent Bonding Properties in the Spiky RBN AChem

A Precarious Existence: Thermal Homeostasis of Simple Dissipative Structures

Stuart Bartlett, Seth Bullock

isal 2016; 608-615https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch097

View Articletitled, A Precarious Existence: Thermal Homeostasis of Simple Dissipative Structures

A Self-Replicating System of Ribosome and Replisome Factories

Lance R. Williams

isal 2016; 616-623https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch098

View Articletitled, A Self-Replicating System of Ribosome and Replisome Factories

EvoBot: An Open-Source, Modular Liquid Handling Robot for Nurturing Microbial Fuel Cells

A. Faíña, F. Nejatimoharrami, K. Stoy, P. Theodosiou, B. Taylor, I. Ieropoulos

isal 2016; 626-633https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch099

View Articletitled, EvoBot: An Open-Source, Modular Liquid Handling Robot for Nurturing Microbial Fuel Cells

Robotic Automation to Augment Quality of Artificial Chemical Life Experiments

F. Nejatimoharrami, A. Faíña, J. Cejkova, MM. Hanczyc, K. Stoy

isal 2016; 634-635https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch100

View Articletitled, Robotic Automation to Augment Quality of Artificial Chemical Life Experiments

Artificial Interaction between Two Isolated Micro-Algae Populations for Autonomous Pattern and Rhythm Formation

Mizuo Maeda, Simon Song, June Won, Kazunari Ozasa

isal 2016; 636-637https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch101

View Articletitled, Artificial Interaction between Two Isolated Micro-Algae Populations for Autonomous Pattern and Rhythm Formation

Support Vector Machine and Spiking Neural Networks for Data Driven prediction of crowd character movement

Israel Tabarez-Paz, Isaac Rudomin, Hugo Pérez

isal 2016; 638-645https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch102

View Articletitled, Support Vector Machine and Spiking Neural Networks for Data Driven prediction of crowd character movement

The human in the loop: volunteer-based metacomputers as a socio-technical system

Juan-J. Merelo, Paloma de Las Cuevas, Pablo García-Sánchez, Mario García-Valdez

isal 2016; 648-655https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch103

View Articletitled, The human in the loop: volunteer-based metacomputers as a socio-technical system

A Bio-Inspired Artificial Agent to Complete a Herding Task with Novices

Patrick Nalepka, Maurice Lamb, Rachel W. Kallen, Kevin Shockley, Anthony Chemero, Michael J. Richardson

isal 2016; 656-663https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch104

View Articletitled, A Bio-Inspired Artificial Agent to Complete a Herding Task with Novices

Small Bugs, Big Ideas: Teaching Complex Systems Principles Through Agent-Based Models of Social Insects

Yu Guo, Uri Wilensky

isal 2016; 664-665https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch105

View Articletitled, Small Bugs, Big Ideas: Teaching Complex Systems Principles Through Agent-Based Models of Social Insects

A Telepresence-Robot Approach for Efficient Coordination of Swarms

Karl Tuyls, Sjriek Alers, Elisa Cucco, Daniel Claes, Daan Bloembergen

isal 2016; 666-673https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch106

View Articletitled, A Telepresence-Robot Approach for Efficient Coordination of Swarms

Social Contribution in the Design of Adaptive Machines on the Web

Mark D. Wagy, Josh C. Bongard

isal 2016; 674-681https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch107

View Articletitled, Social Contribution in the Design of Adaptive Machines on the Web

Listening to a world transformed: Perception in an inverted acoustic field.

Fernando Bermejo, Ezequiel Di Paolo, Claudia Arias

isal 2016; 682-683https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch108

View Articletitled, Listening to a world transformed: Perception in an inverted acoustic field.

Robots can ground crowd-proposed symbols by forming theories of group mind

Joey Anetsberger, Josh Bongard

isal 2016; 684-691https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch109

View Articletitled, Robots can ground crowd-proposed symbols by forming theories of group mind

Generating Artificial Plant Morphologies for Function and Aesthetics through Evolving L-Systems

Frank Veenstra, Andrés Faíña, Kasper Stoy, Sebastian Risi

isal 2016; 692-699https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch110

View Articletitled, Generating Artificial Plant Morphologies for Function and Aesthetics through Evolving L-Systems

Nonequilibrium thermodynamic stability: the apparent teleology of living beings

Mario Villalobos

isal 2016; 702-703https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch111

View Articletitled, Nonequilibrium thermodynamic stability: the apparent teleology of living beings

Does Empowerment Maximisation Allow for Enactive Artificial Agents?

Christian Guckelsberger, Christoph Salge

isal 2016; 704-711https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch112

View Articletitled, Does Empowerment Maximisation Allow for Enactive Artificial Agents?

A Bottom-Up Approach to Machine Ethics

José F. Castro

isal 2016; 712-719https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch113

View Articletitled, A Bottom-Up Approach to Machine Ethics

Quantifying Viability

Matthew Egbert, Juan Pérez-Mercader

isal 2016; 720-721https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch114

View Articletitled, Quantifying Viability

Towards information based spatiotemporal patterns as a foundation for agent representation in dynamical systems

Martin Biehl, Takashi Ikegami, Daniel Polani

isal 2016; 722-729https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch115

View Articletitled, Towards information based spatiotemporal patterns as a foundation for agent representation in dynamical systems

Complexity and Structural Properties in Scale-free Networks

Yesid Madrid, Carlos Gershenson, Nelson Fernández

isal 2016; 730-731https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch116

View Articletitled, Complexity and Structural Properties in Scale-free Networks

Preface

isal 2016; viii-xvhttps://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-33936-0-ch00a

View Articletitled, Preface