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ALIFE 2019: The 2019 Conference on Artificial Life

Preface

Artificial Life in a Challenged World

Harold Fellermann, Jaume Bacardit, Angel Goñi-Moreno, Rudolf M. Füchslin

isal 2019; 1-3https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00123

View Articletitled, Artificial Life in a Challenged World

2019 Preface

Harold Fellermann, Jaume Bacardit, Ángel Goñi-Moreno, Rudolf M Füchslin

isal 2019; viii-xiihttps://doi.org/10.1162/isal_e_00239

View Articletitled, 2019 Preface

Short Abstracts of Keynote Presentations

Biology on sample size of more than one

Kate Adamala

isal 2019; 4https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00124

View Articletitled, Biology on sample size of more than one

Financial Networks in the Brave New World

Stefano Battiston

isal 2019; 5https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00125

View Articletitled, Financial Networks in the Brave New World

Symbiotic Simulations for Decision Support

Armando Geller

isal 2019; 6https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00126

View Articletitled, Symbiotic Simulations for Decision Support

Microbial Life for Robotics – towards artificial life

Ioannis Ieropoulos

isal 2019; 7https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00127

View Articletitled, Microbial Life for Robotics – towards artificial life

Artificial Life and the Human Predicament

Barry McMullin

isal 2019; 8https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00128

View Articletitled, Artificial Life and the Human Predicament

Engineering Plants for Farming and Pharming

Nicola J Patron

isal 2019; 9https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00129

View Articletitled, Engineering Plants for Farming and Pharming

On the interplay of self-replication and self-reproduction in protocells

Roberto Serra

isal 2019; 10https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00130

View Articletitled, On the interplay of self-replication and self-reproduction in protocells

Special session: Artificial Life and Society

Artificial Democratic Life. Re-engineering the autonomy of the social, a research program

Xabier E. Barandiaran

isal 2019; 11-12https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00131

View Articletitled, Artificial Democratic Life. Re-engineering the autonomy of the social, a research program

Can Bio-Inspired Swarm Algorithms Scale to Modern Societal Problems?

Darren M. Chitty, Elizabeth Wanner, Rakhi Parmar, Peter R. Lewis

isal 2019; 13-20https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00132

View Articletitled, Can Bio-Inspired Swarm Algorithms Scale to Modern Societal Problems?

Towards Low-Carbon Conferencing: Acceptance of Virtual Conferencing Solutions and Other Sustainability Measures in the ALIFE Community

Harold Fellermann, Alexandra S. Penn, Rudolf M. Füchslin, Jaume Bacardit, Angel Goñi-Moreno

isal 2019; 21-27https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00133

View Articletitled, Towards Low-Carbon Conferencing: Acceptance of Virtual Conferencing Solutions and Other Sustainability Measures in the ALIFE Community

Suppleness and Open-Endedness for Social Sustainability

Hiroki Sayama

isal 2019; 28-29https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00134

View Articletitled, Suppleness and Open-Endedness for Social Sustainability

Cities, a conceptual framing for a synthetic perspective

Jesús M. Siqueiros-García

isal 2019; 30-31https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00135

View Articletitled, Cities, a conceptual framing for a synthetic perspective

Special session : Hybrid Life

Quantifying affordances through information theory

Miguel Aguilera, Iñigo Arandia-Romero, Manuel Heras-Escribano

isal 2019; 32-39https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00136

View Articletitled, Quantifying affordances through information theory

The dark room problem in predictive processing and active inference, a legacy of cognitivism?

Manuel Baltieri, Christopher L. Buckley

isal 2019; 40-47https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00137

View Articletitled, The dark room problem in predictive processing and active inference, a legacy of cognitivism?

NukaBot: Research and Design of a Human-Microbe Interaction Model

Dominique Chen, Hiraku Ogura, Young Ah Seong

isal 2019; 48-49https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00138

View Articletitled, NukaBot: Research and Design of a Human-Microbe Interaction Model

Hybrid Synthetic Approach to Animal Interaction

Hiroyuki Iizuka, Yosuke Nakamoto, Masahito Yamamoto

isal 2019; 50-51https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00139

View Articletitled, Hybrid Synthetic Approach to Animal Interaction

An artificial life approach to studying niche differentiation in soundscape ecology

David Kadish, Sebastian Risi, Laura Beloff

isal 2019; 52-59https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00140

View Articletitled, An artificial life approach to studying niche differentiation in soundscape ecology

Insect-Inspired Visual Navigation On-Board an Autonomous Robot: Real-World Routes Encoded in a Single Layer Network

James C. Knight, Daniil Sakhapov, Norbert Domcsek, Alex D.M. Dewar, Paul Graham, Thomas Nowotny, Andrew Philippides

isal 2019; 60-67https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00141

View Articletitled, Insect-Inspired Visual Navigation On-Board an Autonomous Robot: Real-World Routes Encoded in a Single Layer Network

Hybrid Variational Predictive Coding as a Bridge between Human and Artificial Cognition

André Ofner, Sebastian Stober

isal 2019; 68-69https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00142

View Articletitled, Hybrid Variational Predictive Coding as a Bridge between Human and Artificial Cognition

Sensorimotor contingency modulates visual awareness of virtual 3D objects

Keisuke Suzuki, David J. Schwartzman, Rafael Augusto, Anil K. Seth

isal 2019; 70-71https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00143

View Articletitled, Sensorimotor contingency modulates visual awareness of virtual 3D objects

Special session: Autonomous evolution, production and learning in robotic eco-systems

Heuristics as Decision-making Habits of Autonomous Sensorimotor Agents

Erasmo Batta, Christopher Stephens

isal 2019; 72-78https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00144

View Articletitled, Heuristics as Decision-making Habits of Autonomous Sensorimotor Agents

From embodied interaction to compositional referential communication: A minimal agent-based model without dedicated communication channels

Jorge I. Campos, Tom Froese

isal 2019; 79-86https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00145

View Articletitled, From embodied interaction to compositional referential communication: A minimal agent-based model without dedicated communication channels

Void Reduction in Self-Healing Swarms

Neil Eliot, David Kendall, Alun Moon, Michael Brockway, Martyn Amos

isal 2019; 87-94https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00146

View Articletitled, Void Reduction in Self-Healing Swarms

The ARE Robot Fabricator: How to (Re)produce Robots that Can Evolve in the Real World

Matthew F. Hale, Edgar Buchanan, Alan F. Winfield, Jon Timmis, Emma Hart, Agoston E. Eiben, Mike Angus, Frank Veenstra, Wei Li, Robert Woolley, Matteo De Carlo, Andy M. Tyrrell

isal 2019; 95-102https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00147

View Articletitled, The ARE Robot Fabricator: How to (Re)produce Robots that Can Evolve in the Real World

Reinforcement Learning Agents acquire Flocking and Symbiotic Behaviour in Simulated Ecosystems

Peter Sunehag, Guy Lever, Siqi Liu, Josh Merel, Nicolas Heess, Joel Z. Leibo, Edward Hughes, Tom Eccles, Thore Graepel

isal 2019; 103-110https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00148

View Articletitled, Reinforcement Learning Agents acquire Flocking and Symbiotic Behaviour in Simulated Ecosystems

Artificial Chemistry

Building a survivable protocell for a corrosive digital environment

David H. Ackley

isal 2019; 111-118https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00149

View Articletitled, Building a survivable protocell for a corrosive digital environment

An Object Oriented Implementation of the MetaChem framework

Penelope Faulkner Rainford, Angelika Sebald, Susan Stepney

isal 2019; 119-126https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00150

View Articletitled, An Object Oriented Implementation of the MetaChem framework

A Meta-Atom Based Sub-Symbolic Artificial Chemistry

Isaac Watson, Angelika Sebald, Susan Stepney

isal 2019; 127-134https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00151

View Articletitled, A Meta-Atom Based Sub-Symbolic Artificial Chemistry

Artificial Life in Social Sciences

Pathways to Good Healthcare Services and Patient Satisfaction: An Evolutionary Game Theoretical Approach

Zainab Alalawi, The Anh Han, Yifeng Zeng, Aiman Elragig

isal 2019; 135-142https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00152

View Articletitled, Pathways to Good Healthcare Services and Patient Satisfaction: An Evolutionary Game Theoretical Approach

On the Expected Number and Distribution of Equilibria in Multi-player Evolutionary Games

Manh Hong Duong, The Anh Han

isal 2019; 143-144https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00153

View Articletitled, On the Expected Number and Distribution of Equilibria in Multi-player Evolutionary Games

Entropy-Based Team Self-Organization with Signal Suppression

David W. King, Lukas Esterle, Gilbert L. Peterson

isal 2019; 145-152https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00154

View Articletitled, Entropy-Based Team Self-Organization with Signal Suppression

All in Good Team: Optimising Team Personalities for Different Dynamic Problems and Task Types

Soo Ling Lim, Peter J. Bentley

isal 2019; 153-160https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00155

View Articletitled, All in Good Team: Optimising Team Personalities for Different Dynamic Problems and Task Types

Only Two Types of Strategies Enforce Linear Payoff Relationships Under Observation Errors in Repeated Prisoner’s Dilemma Games

Azumi Mamiya, Genki Ichinose

isal 2019; 161-162https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00156

View Articletitled, Only Two Types of Strategies Enforce Linear Payoff Relationships Under Observation Errors in Repeated Prisoner’s Dilemma Games

Emergence of Coordination with Asymmetric Benefits via Prior Commitment

Ogbo Ndidi Bianca, The Anh Han

isal 2019; 163-170https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00157

View Articletitled, Emergence of Coordination with Asymmetric Benefits via Prior Commitment

Being a leader or being the leader: The evolution of institutionalised hierarchy

Cedric Perret, Emma Hart, Simon T. Powers

isal 2019; 171-178https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00158

View Articletitled, Being a leader or being the leader: The evolution of institutionalised hierarchy

Generating urban morphologies at large scales

Juste Raimbault, Julien Perret

isal 2019; 179-186https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00159

View Articletitled, Generating urban morphologies at large scales

Fairness in Multiplayer Ultimatum Games Through Moderate Responder Selection

Fernando P. Santos, Daan Bloembergen

isal 2019; 187-194https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00160

View Articletitled, Fairness in Multiplayer Ultimatum Games Through Moderate Responder Selection

Biological Systems

Investigating the Origins of Cancer in the Intestinal Crypt with a Gene Network Agent Based Hybrid Model

Arturo Araujo, Hanxiao Zhang, Albert Rübben, Peter J Bentley

isal 2019; 195-202https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00161

View Articletitled, Investigating the Origins of Cancer in the Intestinal Crypt with a Gene Network Agent Based Hybrid Model

A Hexagonal Cell Automaton Model to Imitate Physarum Polycephalum Competitive Behaviour

Abubakr Awad, Wei Pang, David Lusseau, George M. Coghill

isal 2019; 203-210https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00162

View Articletitled, A Hexagonal Cell Automaton Model to Imitate Physarum Polycephalum Competitive Behaviour

A simplified model of chromatin dynamics drives differentiation process in Boolean models of GRN

Michele Braccini, Andrea Roli, Marco Villani, Sara Montagna, Roberto Serra

isal 2019; 211-217https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00163

View Articletitled, A simplified model of chromatin dynamics drives differentiation process in Boolean models of GRN

A reaction-diffusion model for simulating the oscillatory expansion of biofilms

Taishi Mikami, Munehiro Asally, Takeshi Kano, Akio Ishiguro

isal 2019; 218-219https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00164

View Articletitled, A reaction-diffusion model for simulating the oscillatory expansion of biofilms

Analyzing Evolution of Avian Influenza using detailed Genotypic and Antigenic Models and Phylodynamic Simulation

Liam Mosley, Dhananjai M. Rao

isal 2019; 220-227https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00165

View Articletitled, Analyzing Evolution of Avian Influenza using detailed Genotypic and Antigenic Models and Phylodynamic Simulation

Anomalies in the Behaviour of a Modularity Inducing Problem Domain

Zhenyue Qin, Tom Gedeon, RI (Bob) McKay

isal 2019; 228-235https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00166

View Articletitled, Anomalies in the Behaviour of a Modularity Inducing Problem Domain

Optimizing Radiation Therapy Treatments by Exploring Tumour Ecosystem Dynamics in – silico

Stephan Scheidegger, Harold Fellermann

isal 2019; 236-242https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00167

View Articletitled, Optimizing Radiation Therapy Treatments by Exploring Tumour Ecosystem Dynamics in – silico

Horizontal Gene Transfer Leads to Increased Task Acquisition and Genomic Modularity in Digital Organisms

Michael J Wiser, Rosangela Canino-Koning, Charles Ofria

isal 2019; 243-244https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00168

View Articletitled, Horizontal Gene Transfer Leads to Increased Task Acquisition and Genomic Modularity in Digital Organisms

Complex Dynamical Systems

Attractor Landscapes and Information Processing by Convective Obstacle Flows

Stuart Bartlett, Yuk L Yung

isal 2019; 245-246https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00169

View Articletitled, Attractor Landscapes and Information Processing by Convective Obstacle Flows

On Sexual Selection in the Presence of Multiple Costly Displays

Clifford Bohm, Acacia L. Ackles, Charles Ofria, Arend Hintze

isal 2019; 247-254https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00170

View Articletitled, On Sexual Selection in the Presence of Multiple Costly Displays

Steering the Growth of Adaptive Self-Preserving Dissipative Structures

Matthew Egbert, Yan Kolezhitskiy, Nathaniel Virgo

isal 2019; 255-262https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00171

View Articletitled, Steering the Growth of Adaptive Self-Preserving Dissipative Structures

Complex Systems and Artificial Life: A Decade’s Overview

Thomas McAtee, Claudia Szabo

isal 2019; 263-270https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00172

View Articletitled, Complex Systems and Artificial Life: A Decade’s Overview

Inferring a Graph’s Topology from Games Played on It

Douglas G. Moore, Sara I. Walker

isal 2019; 271-277https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00173

View Articletitled, Inferring a Graph’s Topology from Games Played on It

Inferring Swarm Models Using a Single Monitoring Robot

Suppanat Ruangdech, Sabine Hauert, Martin Homer

isal 2019; 278-279https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00174

View Articletitled, Inferring Swarm Models Using a Single Monitoring Robot

Convolutional Neural Networks for Cellular Automata Classification

Eric Silverman

isal 2019; 280-281https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00175

View Articletitled, Convolutional Neural Networks for Cellular Automata Classification

Biochemical networks display universal structure across projections and levels of organization

Harrison B. Smith, Hyunju Kim, Sara I. Walker

isal 2019; 282-283https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00176

View Articletitled, Biochemical networks display universal structure across projections and levels of organization

Toward the Self-Organisation of Emergency Response Teams Based on Morphogenetic Network Growth

Nicolas Toussaint, Emma Norling, René Doursat

isal 2019; 284-291https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00177

View Articletitled, Toward the Self-Organisation of Emergency Response Teams Based on Morphogenetic Network Growth

Towards Complex Artificial Life

Lance R. Williams

isal 2019; 292-299https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00178

View Articletitled, Towards Complex Artificial Life

Emergence of Innovation and Cooperation

Environmental Harshness and Fitness Improving Innovations

Peter Andras

isal 2019; 300-307https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00179

View Articletitled, Environmental Harshness and Fitness Improving Innovations

Reproductive division of labor in a colony of artificial ants

Peter Bae, Chris Marriott

isal 2019; 308-315https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00180

View Articletitled, Reproductive division of labor in a colony of artificial ants

Exogenous Rewards for Promoting Cooperation in Scale-Free Networks

Theodor Cimpeanu, The Anh Han, Francisco C. Santos

isal 2019; 316-323https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00181

View Articletitled, Exogenous Rewards for Promoting Cooperation in Scale-Free Networks

Simplified Modeling of the Evolution of Skills in a Spatially Resolved Environment

Rudolf M. Füchslin, Johannes J. Schneider, Thomas Ott, Richard Walker

isal 2019; 324-330https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00182

View Articletitled, Simplified Modeling of the Evolution of Skills in a Spatially Resolved Environment

Promoting Cooperation through External Interference

The Anh Han, Long Tran-Thanh, Simon Lynch, Theodor Cimpeanu, Francisco C. Santos

isal 2019; 331-332https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00183

View Articletitled, Promoting Cooperation through External Interference

Factors that Affect the Evolution of Complex Cooperative Behavior

Padmini Rajagopalan, Kay E. Holekamp, Risto Miikkulainen

isal 2019; 333-340https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00184

View Articletitled, Factors that Affect the Evolution of Complex Cooperative Behavior

Evolution

Towards modelling social habits: an organismically inspired evolutionary robotics approach

Manuel G. Bedia, Manuel Heras-Escribano, Diego Cajal, Miguel Aguilera, Xabier E. Barandiaran

isal 2019; 341-348https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00185

View Articletitled, Towards modelling social habits: an organismically inspired evolutionary robotics approach

Speciation under changing environments

Kevin Godin-Dubois, Sylvain Cussat-Blanc, Yves Duthen

isal 2019; 349-356https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00186

View Articletitled, Speciation under changing environments

To Evolve or Not to Evolve? That is the Question

Alex Ellery, A. E. Eiben

isal 2019; 357-364https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00187

View Articletitled, To Evolve or Not to Evolve? That is the Question

Evolutionary rates of information gain and decay in fluctuating environments

Nicholas Guttenberg

isal 2019; 365-371https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00188

View Articletitled, Evolutionary rates of information gain and decay in fluctuating environments

Modulating Interaction Times in an Artificial Society of Robots

Yara Khaluf, Heiko Hamann

isal 2019; 372-379https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00189

View Articletitled, Modulating Interaction Times in an Artificial Society of Robots

Acclivation of Virtual Fitness Landscapes

Ben Kovitz, David Bender, Marcela Poffald

isal 2019; 380-387https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00190

View Articletitled, Acclivation of Virtual Fitness Landscapes

Continuous Long-Term Evolution of Genetic Programming

William B. Langdon, Wolfgang Banzhaf

isal 2019; 388-395https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00191

View Articletitled, Continuous Long-Term Evolution of Genetic Programming

The impact of environmental history on evolved robot properties

Karine Miras, A.E. Eiben

isal 2019; 396-403https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00192

View Articletitled, The impact of environmental history on evolved robot properties

The Cost of Big Brains in Groups

Danielle Nagar, Alexander Furman, Geoff Nitschke

isal 2019; 404-411https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00193

View Articletitled, The Cost of Big Brains in Groups

Graph Product Representation of Organism-Environment Couplings in Evolution

Hiroki Sayama

isal 2019; 412-413https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00194

View Articletitled, Graph Product Representation of Organism-Environment Couplings in Evolution

Maximization of Transfer Entropy leads to Evolution of Functional Differentiation of Swarms

Hiromitsu Suganuma, Yuji Kawai, Jihoon Park, Minoru Asada

isal 2019; 414-415https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00195

View Articletitled, Maximization of Transfer Entropy leads to Evolution of Functional Differentiation of Swarms

Neural Networks

Evolving Recurrent Neural Network Controllers by Incremental Fitness Shaping

Kaan Akinci, Andrew Philippides

isal 2019; 416-423https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00196

View Articletitled, Evolving Recurrent Neural Network Controllers by Incremental Fitness Shaping

Self-Replication in Neural Networks

Thomas Gabor, Steffen Illium, Andy Mattausch, Lenz Belzner, Claudia Linnhoff-Popien

isal 2019; 424-431https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00197

View Articletitled, Self-Replication in Neural Networks

The role of ambient noise in the evolution of robust mental representations in cognitive systems

Douglas Kirkpatrick, Arend Hintze

isal 2019; 432-439https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00198

View Articletitled, The role of ambient noise in the evolution of robust mental representations in cognitive systems

Probabilistic Program Neurogenesis

Charles E. Martin, Praveen K. Pilly

isal 2019; 440-447https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00199

View Articletitled, Probabilistic Program Neurogenesis

Self-optimization in a Hopfield neural network based on the C. elegans connectome

Alejandro Morales, Tom Froese

isal 2019; 448-453https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00200

View Articletitled, Self-optimization in a Hopfield neural network based on the <em>C. elegans</em> connectome

DNN Architecture for High Performance Prediction on Natural Videos Loses Submodule’s Ability to Learn Discrete-World Dataset

Lana Sinapayen, Atsushi Noda

isal 2019; 454-460https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00201

View Articletitled, DNN Architecture for High Performance Prediction on Natural Videos Loses Submodule’s Ability to Learn Discrete-World Dataset

Evolution of metamemory ability by artificial neural networks with neuromodulation

Yusuke Yamato, Reiji Suzuki, Takaya Arita

isal 2019; 461-462https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00202

View Articletitled, Evolution of metamemory ability by artificial neural networks with neuromodulation

Perception

Robotic models of obstacle avoidance in bats

Carl Bou Mansour, Elijah Koreman, Dennis Laurijssen, Jan Steckel, Herbert Peremans, Dieter Vanderelst

isal 2019; 463-464https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00203

View Articletitled, Robotic models of obstacle avoidance in bats

A-life Evolution with Human Proxies

Vadim Bulitko, Kacy Doucet, Daniel Evans, Hope Docking, Mac Walters, Marilene Oliver, Julian Chow, Shelby Carleton, Natali Kendal-Freedman

isal 2019; 465-466https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00204

View Articletitled, A-life Evolution with Human Proxies

Stability of Cooperation in Societies of Emotional and Moody Agents

Joe Collenette, Katie Atkinson, Daan Bloembergen, Karl Tuyls

isal 2019; 467-474https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00205

View Articletitled, Stability of Cooperation in Societies of Emotional and Moody Agents

Effects of Visual Sensory Range on the Emergence of Cognition in Early Terrestrial Vertebrates: An Agent-Based Modeling Approach

Can Gurkan, Leif Rasmussen, Uri Wilensky

isal 2019; 475-476https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00206

View Articletitled, Effects of Visual Sensory Range on the Emergence of Cognition in Early Terrestrial Vertebrates: An Agent-Based Modeling Approach

When is an action caused from within? Quantifying the causal chain leading to actions in simulated agents

Bjørn Erik Juel, Renzo Comolatti, Giulio Tononi, Larissa Albantakis

isal 2019; 477-484https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00207

View Articletitled, When is an action caused from within? Quantifying the causal chain leading to actions in simulated agents

Measuring properties of movement in populations of evolved 3D agents

Maciej Komosinski, Konrad Miazga

isal 2019; 485-492https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00208

View Articletitled, Measuring properties of movement in populations of evolved 3D agents

Philosophy, Language, Art and Education

Edge of Chaos: Artificial Life based interactive art installation

Vasilija Abramovic, Ruairi Glynn

isal 2019; 493-494https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00209

View Articletitled, Edge of Chaos: Artificial Life based interactive art installation

Autopoiesis in digital learning design: Theoretical implications in education

Claudio Aguayo

isal 2019; 495-496https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00210

View Articletitled, Autopoiesis in digital learning design: Theoretical implications in education

How to reduce a genome? ALife as a tool to teach the scientific method to school pupils

Quentin Carde, Marco Foley, Carole Knibbe, David P. Parsons, Jonathan Rouzaud-Cornabas, Guillaume Beslon

isal 2019; 497-504https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00211

View Articletitled, How to reduce a genome? ALife as a tool to teach the scientific method to school pupils

Gathering of the Hive: Investigating the clustering behaviour of honeybees through art and swarm robotics

Haakon Haraldsen Roen, Vako Vartkes Varankian, Stefano Nichele, Kristin Bergaust

isal 2019; 505-506https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00212

View Articletitled, Gathering of the Hive: Investigating the clustering behaviour of honeybees through art and swarm robotics

Data Standards for Artificial Life Software

Alexander Lalejini, Emily Dolson, Clifford Bohm, Austin J. Ferguson, David P. Parsons, Penelope Faulkner Rainford, Paul Richmond, Charles Ofria

isal 2019; 507-514https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00213

View Articletitled, Data Standards for Artificial Life Software

Organic Selection and Social Heredity: The Original Baldwin Effect Revisited

Nam Le

isal 2019; 515-522https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00214

View Articletitled, Organic Selection and Social Heredity: The <em>Original</em> Baldwin Effect Revisited

Morphogenetic Vase Forms

Andy Lomas

isal 2019; 523-530https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00215

View Articletitled, Morphogenetic Vase Forms

Spatial Representation of Self and Other by Superposition Neural Network Model

Wataru Noguchi, Hiroyuki Iizuka, Shigeru Taguchi, Masahito Yamamoto

isal 2019; 531-532https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00216

View Articletitled, Spatial Representation of Self and Other by Superposition Neural Network Model

Artificial Ant Colonies for Adaptive Rewards in Serious Games

Yann Semet, Bruno Marcon, Konstantinos Demestichas, Nikos Koutsouris, Antonio Ascolese

isal 2019; 533-540https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00217

View Articletitled, Artificial Ant Colonies for Adaptive Rewards in Serious Games

The Effects of Individual and Social Learning on the Evolution of Cognitive and Communicative Aspects of Language Abilities

Hiroto Yonenoh, Reiji Suzuki, Takaya Arita

isal 2019; 541-542https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00218

View Articletitled, The Effects of Individual and Social Learning on the Evolution of Cognitive and Communicative Aspects of Language Abilities

Robot Control

Neuroevolution of Humanoids that Walk Further and Faster with Robust Gaits

Ben Jackson, Alastair Channon

isal 2019; 543-550https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00219

View Articletitled, Neuroevolution of Humanoids that Walk Further and Faster with Robust Gaits

The Limits of Lexicase Selection in an Evolutionary Robotics Task

Jared M. Moore, Adam Stanton

isal 2019; 551-558https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00220

View Articletitled, The Limits of Lexicase Selection in an Evolutionary Robotics Task

Improve Quadrupedal Locomotion with Actuated or Passive Joints?

Jared M. Moore, Anthony J. Clark

isal 2019; 559-566https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00221

View Articletitled, Improve Quadrupedal Locomotion with Actuated or Passive Joints?

Ego-Noise Predictions for Echolocation in Wheeled Robots

Antonio Pico Villalpando, Guido Schillaci, Verena V. Hafner, Bruno Lara Guzmán

isal 2019; 567-573https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00222

View Articletitled, Ego-Noise Predictions for Echolocation in Wheeled Robots

Evolutionary Synthesis of Sensing Controllers for Voxel-based Soft Robots

Jacopo Talamini, Eric Medvet, Alberto Bartoli, Andrea De Lorenzo

isal 2019; 574-581https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00223

View Articletitled, Evolutionary Synthesis of Sensing Controllers for Voxel-based Soft Robots

Different Forms of Random Motor Activity Scaffold the Formation of Different Habits in a Simulated Robot

Mario Zarco, Matthew Egbert

isal 2019; 582-589https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00224

View Articletitled, Different Forms of Random Motor Activity Scaffold the Formation of Different Habits in a Simulated Robot

Swarm Behaviour

Guiding aggregation dynamics in a swarm of agents via informed individuals: an analytical study

Yannick Gillet, Eliseo Ferrante, Ziya Firat, Elio Tuci

isal 2019; 590-597https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00225

View Articletitled, Guiding aggregation dynamics in a swarm of agents via informed individuals: an analytical study

Emergent Escape-based Flocking behavior using Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning

Carsten Hahn, Thomy Phan, Thomas Gabor, Lenz Belzner, Claudia Linnhoff-Popien

isal 2019; 598-605https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00226

View Articletitled, Emergent Escape-based Flocking behavior using Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning

Engineering Application of Non-Reciprocal-Interaction-Based (NRIB) Model: Swarm Robotic System That Can Perform Spatially Distributed Tasks in Parallel

Takeshi Kano, Eiichi Naito, Takenobu Aoshima, Akio Ishiguro

isal 2019; 606-607https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00227

View Articletitled, Engineering Application of Non-Reciprocal-Interaction-Based (NRIB) Model: Swarm Robotic System That Can Perform Spatially Distributed Tasks in Parallel

Extended Artificial Pheromone System for Swarm Robotic Applications

Seongin Na, Mohsen Raoufi, Ali Emre Turgut, Tomáš Krajník, Farshad Arvin

isal 2019; 608-615https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00228

View Articletitled, Extended Artificial Pheromone System for Swarm Robotic Applications

Applying Social Network Analysis to Agent-Based Models: A Case Study of Task Allocation in Swarm Robotics Inspired by Ant Foraging Behavior

Georgina Montserrat Reséndiz-Benhumea, Tom Froese, Gabriel Ramos-Fernández, Sandra E. Smith-Aguilar

isal 2019; 616-623https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00229

View Articletitled, Applying Social Network Analysis to Agent-Based Models: A Case Study of Task Allocation in Swarm Robotics Inspired by Ant Foraging Behavior

On information-optimal scripting of actions

Bente Riegler, Daniel Polani

isal 2019; 624-625https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00230

View Articletitled, On information-optimal scripting of actions

Modeling Fast and Robust Ant Nest Relocation using Particle Swarm Optimization

Hideyasu Sasaki

isal 2019; 626-633https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00231

View Articletitled, Modeling Fast and Robust Ant Nest Relocation using Particle Swarm Optimization

Collective Event Detection Using Bio-inspired Minimalistic Communication in a Swarm of Underwater Robots

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

isal 2019; 634-641https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00232

View Articletitled, Collective Event Detection Using Bio-inspired Minimalistic Communication in a Swarm of Underwater Robots

Collective Change Detection: Adaptivity to Dynamic Swarm Densities and Light Conditions in Robot Swarms

Mostafa Wahby, Julian Petzold, Catriona Eschke, Thomas Schmickl, Heiko Hamann

isal 2019; 642-649https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00233

View Articletitled, Collective Change Detection: Adaptivity to Dynamic Swarm Densities and Light Conditions in Robot Swarms

Wet Artificial Life and Synthetic Biology

Droplet based synthetic biology: chemotaxis and interface with biology

Silvia Holler, Martin Michael Hanczyc

isal 2019; 650-651https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00234

View Articletitled, Droplet based synthetic biology: chemotaxis and interface with biology

Autocatalysis in a Hierarchically Organized Inorganic Chemical Network

Cole Mathis, Haralampos Miras, Leroy Cronin

isal 2019; 652-653https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00235

View Articletitled, Autocatalysis in a Hierarchically Organized Inorganic Chemical Network

Synthetic Biology in the Brain: A Vision of Organic Robots

Ithai Rabinowitch

isal 2019; 654-655https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00236

View Articletitled, Synthetic Biology in the Brain: A Vision of Organic Robots

Periodic collective behaviors of organic solvent droplets on the surface of aqueous surfactant solutions

Shinpei Tanaka

isal 2019; 656-657https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00237

View Articletitled, Periodic collective behaviors of organic solvent droplets on the surface of aqueous surfactant solutions

A Candidate Self-Propagating System Enriched by Chemical Ecosystem Selection

Lena Vincent, H. James Cleaves, David A. Baum

isal 2019; 658-659https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00238

View Articletitled, A Candidate Self-Propagating System Enriched by Chemical Ecosystem Selection

The 2019 Conference on Artificial Life (full proceedings pdf)

Harold Fellermann, Jaume Bacardit, Ángel Goñi-Moreno, Rudolf M Füchslin

isal 2019; i-659https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00240

View Articletitled, The 2019 Conference on Artificial Life (full proceedings pdf)