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ALIFE 2023: Ghost in the Machine: Proceedings of the 2023 Artificial Life Conference

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ALIFE ISAL 2023 Complete Proceedings PDF

isal 2023; 1https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00704

View Articletitled, ALIFE ISAL 2023 Complete Proceedings PDF

General Conference

Growing Steerable Neural Cellular Automata

Ettore Randazzo, Alexander Mordvintsev, Craig Fouts

isal 2023; 2https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00564

View Articletitled, Growing Steerable Neural Cellular Automata

Hardware speculation for robotic plants through cellular automata principle

Marilia Lyra Bergamo, Sandro Benigno

isal 2023; 3https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00565

View Articletitled, Hardware speculation for robotic plants through cellular automata principle

Efficient Exploration using Model-Based Quality-Diversity with Gradients

Bryan Lim, Manon Flageat, Antoine Cully

isal 2023; 4https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00566

View Articletitled, Efficient Exploration using Model-Based Quality-Diversity with Gradients

Neural Cellular Automata Can Respond to Signals

James Stovold

isal 2023; 5https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00567

View Articletitled, Neural Cellular Automata Can Respond to Signals

Daphnia as a living sensor for underwater biohybrid systems

Wiktoria Rajewicz, Thomas Schmickl, Ronald Thenius

isal 2023; 6https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00572

View Articletitled, <em>Daphnia</em> as a living sensor for underwater biohybrid systems

Multi – vs. Single – Perceptron Approach for Modelling the Pattern Recognition and Classification in a Multi-Compartment Adaptive Immune System Model

Stephan Scheidegger, Rudolf M. Füchslin, Udo S. Gaipl

isal 2023; 7https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00574

View Articletitled, Multi – vs. Single – Perceptron Approach for Modelling the Pattern Recognition and Classification in a Multi-Compartment Adaptive Immune System Model

Can Artificial Visual Signals Extend Fish’s Perception Fields?

Zhihua Song, Daoyuan Lin, Tingyu Chen, Yangyang Xu, Wen-Chi Yang

isal 2023; 8https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00577

View Articletitled, Can Artificial Visual Signals Extend Fish’s Perception Fields?

Artificial Neural Microcircuits for use in Neuromorphic System Design

Andrew Walter, Shimeng Wu, Andy M. Tyrrell, Liam McDaid, Malachy McElholm, Nidhin Thandassery Sumithran, Jim Harkin, Martin A. Trefzer

isal 2023; 9https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00581

View Articletitled, Artificial Neural Microcircuits for use in Neuromorphic System Design

A π-calculus Model of Supercoiling DNA Circuits

Penn Faulkner Rainford, Aalap Mogre, Victor Velasco-Berrelleza, Charles J. Dorman, Sarah Harris, Carsten Kröger, Susan Stepney

isal 2023; 10https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00582

View Articletitled, A π-calculus Model of Supercoiling DNA Circuits

Coevolution of Camouflage

Craig Reynolds

isal 2023; 11https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00583

View Articletitled, Coevolution of Camouflage

Biologically Informed Generative Adversarial Networks for Modeling and Prediction

Anagha Savit

isal 2023; 12https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00589

View Articletitled, Biologically Informed Generative Adversarial Networks for Modeling and Prediction

The role of the environment in collective perception: A generic complexity measure

Dari Trendafilov, Ahmed Almansoori, Timoteo Carletti, Elio Tuci

isal 2023; 13https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00590

View Articletitled, The role of the environment in collective perception: A generic complexity measure

Self-Replication, Spontaneous Mutations, and Exponential Genetic Drift in Neural Cellular Automata

Lana Sinapayen

isal 2023; 14https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00591

View Articletitled, Self-Replication, Spontaneous Mutations, and Exponential Genetic Drift in Neural Cellular Automata

Minimum Equivalence in Random Boolean Networks, Elementary Cellular Automata, and Beyond

Tom Eivind Glover, Ruben Jahren, Ola Huse Ramstad, Stefano Nichele

isal 2023; 15https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00592

View Articletitled, Minimum Equivalence in Random Boolean Networks, Elementary Cellular Automata, and Beyond

Canonical Computations in Cellular Automata and Their Application for Reservoir Computing

Trym A. E. Lindell, Barbora Hudcová, Stefano Nichele

isal 2023; 16https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00594

View Articletitled, Canonical Computations in Cellular Automata and Their Application for Reservoir Computing

Fitness Agnostic Adaptive Sampling Lexicase Selection

Jared M. Moore, Adam Stanton

isal 2023; 17https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00595

View Articletitled, Fitness Agnostic Adaptive Sampling Lexicase Selection

The Sun Always Rises: Behavioral Attunement to Abiotic Reins

Eden Forbes, Randall Beer

isal 2023; 18https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00598

View Articletitled, The Sun Always Rises: Behavioral Attunement to Abiotic Reins

What is a Stimulus? A Computational Perspective on an Associative Learning Model

Rui P. Cardoso, Niall Donnelly, Edward Keedwell, Lucy Cheke, Murray Shanahan

isal 2023; 19https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00600

View Articletitled, What is a Stimulus? A Computational Perspective on an Associative Learning Model

Hierarchical Neural Cellular Automata

Ritu Pande, Daniele Grattarola

isal 2023; 20https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00601

View Articletitled, Hierarchical Neural Cellular Automata

Towards a Theory of Mind for Artificial Intelligence Agents

Jory Schossau, Arend Hintze

isal 2023; 21https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00605

View Articletitled, Towards a Theory of Mind for Artificial Intelligence Agents

Environmental variability and network structure determine the optimal plasticity mechanisms in embodied agents

Emmanouil Giannakakis, Sina Khajehabdollahi, Anna Levina

isal 2023; 22https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00606

View Articletitled, Environmental variability and network structure determine the optimal plasticity mechanisms in embodied agents

The Degeneracy of Control Architectures in Cell Lineages: Implications for Tissue Homeostasis

Gabriel J. Severino, Zachary Laborde, Ann-Sophie Barwich

isal 2023; 23https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00608

View Articletitled, The Degeneracy of Control Architectures in Cell Lineages: Implications for Tissue Homeostasis

Between you and me: A systematic analysis of mutual social interaction in perceptual crossing agents

Gabriel J. Severino, Haily Merritt, Eduardo J. Izquierdo

isal 2023; 24https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00609

View Articletitled, Between you and me: A systematic analysis of mutual social interaction in perceptual crossing agents

Synthetic minimal cell with artificial metabolic pathways

Minoru Kurisu, Peter Walde, Masayuki Imai

isal 2023; 25https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00610

View Articletitled, Synthetic minimal cell with artificial metabolic pathways

Spatial Embedding of Edges in a Synaptic Generative Model of C. elegans

Zachary Laborde, Eduardo J. Izquierdo

isal 2023; 26https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00611

View Articletitled, Spatial Embedding of Edges in a Synaptic Generative Model of <em>C. elegans</em>

Lenia in a petri dish: Interactions between organisms and their environment in a Lenia with growth based on resource consumption

Reiji Suzuki, Kenta Asakura, Takaya Arita

isal 2023; 27https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00613

View Articletitled, Lenia in a petri dish: Interactions between organisms and their environment in a Lenia with growth based on resource consumption

Ghosts in a Shell: An Immersive Art Experience for ALIFE23

Alyssa M Adams, Oneris Rico, Nicholas Guttenberg, Olaf Witkowski

isal 2023; 28https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00614

View Articletitled, Ghosts in a Shell: An Immersive Art Experience for ALIFE23

Evolving Vestibular Bipedal Locomotion with Spring-Mass Tetrahedra

Jeffrey Ventrella

isal 2023; 29https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00615

View Articletitled, Evolving Vestibular Bipedal Locomotion with Spring-Mass Tetrahedra

Between Individual Brains and Collective Behavior: Multi-level Emergence in a Group Formation Task

Ekaterina Sangati, Federico Sangati, Yi-Shan Cheng, Acer Yu-Chan Chang

isal 2023; 30https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00616

View Articletitled, Between Individual Brains and Collective Behavior: Multi-level Emergence in a Group Formation Task

Domestication syndrome via indirect selection in simulated cereal grains

Chris Marriott, Jobran Chebib

isal 2023; 31https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00618

View Articletitled, Domestication syndrome via indirect selection in simulated cereal grains

The enactive account of motivated activity and the hard problem of efficacy (HPE): Artificial life meets the physics of life

Tom Froese, Georgii Karelin

isal 2023; 32https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00619

View Articletitled, The enactive account of motivated activity and the hard problem of efficacy (HPE): Artificial life meets the physics of life

Inverse Bayesian Feedback Model of True Slime Mold

Iori Tani

isal 2023; 33https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00620

View Articletitled, Inverse Bayesian Feedback Model of True Slime Mold

How excessive elitism can facilitate the evolution of morphology and behavior of artificial creatures with NEAT

Siti Aisyah Binti Jaafar, Reiji Suzuki, Satoru Komori, Takaya Arita

isal 2023; 34https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00621

View Articletitled, How excessive elitism can facilitate the evolution of morphology and behavior of artificial creatures with NEAT

Individuality in Swarm Robots with the Case Study of Kilobots: Noise, Bug, or Feature?

Mohsen Raoufi, Pawel Romanczuk, Heiko Hamann

isal 2023; 35https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00623

View Articletitled, Individuality in Swarm Robots with the Case Study of Kilobots: Noise, Bug, or Feature?

Greedy Agents and Interfering Humans – An artwork making humans meddle with a life in the machine

Tatsuo Unemi, Daniel Bisig, Philippe Kocher

isal 2023; 36https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00625

View Articletitled, Greedy Agents and Interfering Humans – An artwork making humans meddle with a life in the machine

Agent Heterogeneity Mediates Extremism in an Adaptive Social Network Model

Seth Bullock, Hiroki Sayama

isal 2023; 37https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00628

View Articletitled, Agent Heterogeneity Mediates Extremism in an Adaptive Social Network Model

Life-like Behavior of an Oil Droplet in an Aqueous Surfactant Solution: Comparative Analysis with Tetrahymena Movement and Numerical Investigation

Riku Adachi, Hiroki Kojima, Takashi Ikegami

isal 2023; 38https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00629

View Articletitled, Life-like Behavior of an Oil Droplet in an Aqueous Surfactant Solution: Comparative Analysis with <em>Tetrahymena</em> Movement and Numerical Investigation

Embodied Time Perception: Effects of Time Delay on Hand Motion and Time Estimation in Virtual Environments

Atsushi Masumori, Takashi Ikegami

isal 2023; 39https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00630

View Articletitled, Embodied Time Perception: Effects of Time Delay on Hand Motion and Time Estimation in Virtual Environments

Exploring the Adaptive Behaviors of Particle Lenia: A Perturbation-Response Analysis for Computational Agency

Kazuya Horibe, Keisuke Suzuki, Takato Horii, Hiroshi Ishiguro

isal 2023; 40https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00631

View Articletitled, Exploring the Adaptive Behaviors of Particle Lenia: A Perturbation-Response Analysis for Computational Agency

aRtificiaL death: learning from stories of failure

Marcin Korecki, Cesare Carissimo, Tanner Lund

isal 2023; 41https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00633

View Articletitled, aRtificiaL death: learning from stories of failure

Development of Concept Representation of Behavior through Mimicking and Imitation in a Humanoid Robot Alter3

Takahide Yoshida, Atsushi Masumori, Norihiro Maruyama, John Smith, Takashi Ikegami

isal 2023; 42https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00635

View Articletitled, Development of Concept Representation of Behavior through Mimicking and Imitation in a Humanoid Robot Alter3

Implementation of Lenia as a Reaction-Diffusion System

Hiroki Kojima, Takashi Ikegami

isal 2023; 43https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00638

View Articletitled, Implementation of Lenia as a Reaction-Diffusion System

A Comparative Study of Brain Reproduction Methods for Morphologically Evolving Robots

Jie Luo, Carlo Longhi, Agoston E. Eiben

isal 2023; 44https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00640

View Articletitled, A Comparative Study of Brain Reproduction Methods for Morphologically Evolving Robots

Quantifying higher-order entropy production in organized nonequilibrium states

Miguel Aguilera, Artemy Kolchinsky

isal 2023; 45https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00641

View Articletitled, Quantifying higher-order entropy production in organized nonequilibrium states

Proprioceptive Drift Can Be Caused by Simple Sensory Prediction

Kohei Harada, Wataru Noguchi, Hiroyuki Iizuka, Masahito Yamamoto

isal 2023; 46https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00642

View Articletitled, Proprioceptive Drift Can Be Caused by Simple Sensory Prediction

Emergent Naming System in an Unstructured Environment: a Shortest-Path Discovery Case Study

Nicolas Cambier, A.E. Eiben, Eliseo Ferrante

isal 2023; 47https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00644

View Articletitled, Emergent Naming System in an Unstructured Environment: a Shortest-Path Discovery Case Study

Robustness of the Infomax Network for View Based Navigation of Long Routes

Amany Azevedo Amin, Efstathios Kagioulis, Alexander Dewar Norbert Domcsek, Thomas Nowotny, Paul Graham, Andrew Philippides

isal 2023; 48https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00645

View Articletitled, Robustness of the Infomax Network for View Based Navigation of Long Routes

MODES Analysis of Prediction Games

Thomas Willkens, Jordan Pollack

isal 2023; 49https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00647

View Articletitled, MODES Analysis of Prediction Games

Evolving Dynamic Collective Behaviors by Minimizing Surprise

Tanja Katharina Kaiser, Christopher Kluth, Heiko Hamann

isal 2023; 50https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00650

View Articletitled, Evolving Dynamic Collective Behaviors by Minimizing Surprise

Decomposing Viability Space

Connor McShaffrey, Randall D. Beer

isal 2023; 51https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00652

View Articletitled, Decomposing Viability Space

Exploring the relation of variational inference and integrated information in a minimal model

Nadine Spychala, Miguel Aguilera

isal 2023; 52https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00654

View Articletitled, Exploring the relation of variational inference and integrated information in a minimal model

A Simple Sparsity Function to Promote Evolutionary Search

Clifford Bohm, Arend Hintze, Jory Schossau

isal 2023; 53https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00655

View Articletitled, A Simple Sparsity Function to Promote Evolutionary Search

Spatial community structure impedes language amalgamation in a population-based iterated learning model

George Sains, Conor Houghton, Seth Bullock

isal 2023; 54https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00657

View Articletitled, Spatial community structure impedes language amalgamation in a population-based iterated learning model

Developmental Graph Cellular Automata

Riversdale Waldegrave, Susan Stepney, Martin A. Trefzer

isal 2023; 55https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00658

View Articletitled, Developmental Graph Cellular Automata

Optical Herding of Swarms: Toward Universal Control Algorithms for Microscopic Collectives

David Fielding, Imogen Taylor, Simon Jones, Sabine Hauert, Edmund R. Hunt

isal 2023; 56https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00659

View Articletitled, Optical Herding of Swarms: Toward Universal Control Algorithms for Microscopic Collectives

Evolution of symbiotic task-based digital genomes: ectosymbiosis hastens the evolution of endosymbiosis

Kiara Johnson, Sylvie Dirkswager, Anya E. Vostinar

isal 2023; 57https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00661

View Articletitled, Evolution of symbiotic task-based digital genomes: ectosymbiosis hastens the evolution of endosymbiosis

In silico morphogenetic engineering with differentiable programming

Francesco Mottes, Ramya Deshpande, Michael Brenner, Alma Dal Co

isal 2023; 58https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00662

View Articletitled, In <em>silico</em> morphogenetic engineering with differentiable programming

Locally adaptive cellular automata for goal-oriented self-organization

Sina Khajehabdollahi, Emmanouil Giannakakis, Victor Buendía, Georg Martius, Anna Levina

isal 2023; 59https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00663

View Articletitled, Locally adaptive cellular automata for goal-oriented self-organization

A Markovian framework to study the evolution of complexity and resilience in chemical organizations

Tomas Veloz, Simon Hegele, Pedro Maldonado

isal 2023; 60https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00665

View Articletitled, A Markovian framework to study the evolution of complexity and resilience in chemical organizations

Exploring the Rich Behaviour of Developmental Graph Cellular Automata

Riversdale Waldegrave, Susan Stepney, Martin A. Trefzer

isal 2023; 61https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00666

View Articletitled, Exploring the Rich Behaviour of Developmental Graph Cellular Automata

Evolving Music from a Self-Organising Nanomagnetic Orchestra

Arthur Penty, Gunnar Tufte

isal 2023; 62https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00667

View Articletitled, Evolving Music from a Self-Organising Nanomagnetic Orchestra

Dynamics of niche construction in adaptable populations evolving in diverse environments

Eleni Nisioti, Clément Moulin-Frier

isal 2023; 63https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00668

View Articletitled, Dynamics of niche construction in adaptable populations evolving in diverse environments

Go by Its Name: Evolution and Analysis of Conceptual Referential Communication

Siyu Yao, Joshua Nunley, Eduardo J. Izquierdo

isal 2023; 64https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00669

View Articletitled, Go by Its Name: Evolution and Analysis of Conceptual Referential Communication

Social Neural Network Soups with Surprise Minimization

Maximilian Zorn, Steffen Illium, Thorny Phan, Tanja Katharina Kaiser, Claudia Linnhoff-Popien, Thomas Gabor

isal 2023; 65https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00671

View Articletitled, Social Neural Network Soups with Surprise Minimization

Toward cultures of rhythm in legged robots

Alex Szorkovszky, Frank Veenstra, Kyrre Glette

isal 2023; 66https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00673

View Articletitled, Toward cultures of rhythm in legged robots

Arbitrary Order Meta-Learning with Simple Population-Based Evolution

Chris Lu, Sebastian Towers, Jakob Foerster

isal 2023; 67https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00674

View Articletitled, Arbitrary Order Meta-Learning with Simple Population-Based Evolution

On the Existence of Information Bottlenecks in Living and Non-Living Systems

Michael Crosscombe, Hiroki Sato

isal 2023; 68https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00677

View Articletitled, On the Existence of Information Bottlenecks in Living and Non-Living Systems

Does Kinematic-Based Pretraining Improve Evolution of Quadrupedal Gaits?

Kevin J. Ayala Ahumada, Jared M. Moore, Anthony J. Clark

isal 2023; 69https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00678

View Articletitled, Does Kinematic-Based Pretraining Improve Evolution of Quadrupedal Gaits?

Searching in the Dark: Evolving Biobot Swarm Compositions to Efficiently Explore Obstructed Environments

Piper Welch, Caitlin Grasso, Gizem Gumuskaya, Mike Levin, Josh Bongard

isal 2023; 70https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00683

View Articletitled, Searching in the Dark: Evolving Biobot Swarm Compositions to Efficiently Explore Obstructed Environments

Potentiating Mutations Facilitate the Evolution of Associative Learning in Digital Organisms

Austin J. Ferguson, Charles Ofria

isal 2023; 71https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00684

View Articletitled, Potentiating Mutations Facilitate the Evolution of Associative Learning in Digital Organisms

Open-Ended Library Learning in Unsupervised Program Synthesis

Glanois Claire, Shyam Sudhakaran, Elias Najarro, Sebastian Risi

isal 2023; 72https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00685

View Articletitled, Open-Ended Library Learning in Unsupervised Program Synthesis

Interaction Strengths Affect Whether Ecological Networks Promote the Initiation of Egalitarian Major Transitions

Sydney Leither, Max Foreback, David A. Baum, Emily Dolson

isal 2023; 73https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00686

View Articletitled, Interaction Strengths Affect Whether Ecological Networks Promote the Initiation of Egalitarian Major Transitions

Multimodal Plastic Body and Peripersonal Space Representation Developed Through Learning of Visuo-Tactile-Proprioceptive Sensations

Wataru Noguchi, Hiroyuki Iizuka, Masahito Yamamoto

isal 2023; 74https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00687

View Articletitled, Multimodal Plastic Body and Peripersonal Space Representation Developed Through Learning of Visuo-Tactile-Proprioceptive Sensations

Frame by frame? A contrasting research framework for time experience

Fernando Rodriguez, Phil Husbands, Anindya Ghosh, Ben White

isal 2023; 75https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00688

View Articletitled, Frame by frame? A contrasting research framework for time experience

Effects of compliant and structural parts in evolved modular robots

Emma Stensby Norstein, Frank Veenstra, Kai Olav Ellefsen, Tønnes Nygaard, Kyrre Glette

isal 2023; 76https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00689

View Articletitled, Effects of compliant and structural parts in evolved modular robots

Real-time Evolution of Multicellularity with Artificial Gene Regulation

Dylan Cope

isal 2023; 77https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00690

View Articletitled, Real-time Evolution of Multicellularity with Artificial Gene Regulation

The Role of Abiotic Parameters in the Promotion of Egalitarian Major Evolutionary Transitions

Max Foreback, Sydney Leither, David A. Baum, Emily Dolson

isal 2023; 78https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00692

View Articletitled, The Role of Abiotic Parameters in the Promotion of Egalitarian Major Evolutionary Transitions

Toward Phylogenetic Inference of Evolutionary Dynamics at Scale

Matthew Andres Moreno, Emily Dolson, Santiago Rodriguez-Papa

isal 2023; 79https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00694

View Articletitled, Toward Phylogenetic Inference of Evolutionary Dynamics at Scale

Towards Self-Assembling Artificial Neural Networks through Neural Developmental Programs

Elias Najarro, Shyam Sudhakaran, Sebastian Risi

isal 2023; 80https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00697

View Articletitled, Towards Self-Assembling Artificial Neural Networks through Neural Developmental Programs

A Robust Programmable Replicator for an Indefinitely Scalable Machine

David H. Ackley

isal 2023; 81https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00701

View Articletitled, A Robust Programmable Replicator for an Indefinitely Scalable Machine

EINCASM: Emergent Intelligence in Neural Cellular Automaton Slime Molds

Aidan Barbieux, Rodrigo Canaan

isal 2023; 82https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00703

View Articletitled, EINCASM: Emergent Intelligence in Neural Cellular Automaton Slime Molds

An Optimized Search Strategy may be Induced by the Stochastic Response to Previously Visited Locations

Tomoko Sakiyama

isal 2023; 83https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00563

View Articletitled, An Optimized Search Strategy may be Induced by the Stochastic Response to Previously Visited Locations

Dispelling Ghosts: Observations on Life and Mind

Inman Harvey

isal 2023; 84https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00575

View Articletitled, Dispelling Ghosts: Observations on Life and Mind

Competitive Exclusion in an Artificial Foraging Ecosystem

John C. Stevenson

isal 2023; 85https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00576

View Articletitled, Competitive Exclusion in an Artificial Foraging Ecosystem

An Empirical Model of Goldfish Escaping Strategy

Ziyue Chu, Jinxing Yang, Wen-Chi Yang

isal 2023; 86https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00578

View Articletitled, An Empirical Model of Goldfish Escaping Strategy

Investigating Goldfish’s Behaviour Under Different Visual Stimuli

Zhihua Song, Tingyu Chen, Yangyang Xu, Wen-Chi Yang

isal 2023; 87https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00579

View Articletitled, Investigating Goldfish’s Behaviour Under Different Visual Stimuli

The Impact of Agent Density and Environmental Factors on Target Tracking Swarms

Hian Lee Kwa, Julien Philippot, Roland Bouffanais

isal 2023; 88https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00584

View Articletitled, The Impact of Agent Density and Environmental Factors on Target Tracking Swarms

Binding affinity distributions drive adaptation in GRN evolution

Yashwanth Lagisetty, Satpreet Singh, Ankit Patel

isal 2023; 89https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00586

View Articletitled, Binding affinity distributions drive adaptation in GRN evolution

Collective Cargo Transport and Sorting with Molecular Swarms

Nathanael Aubert-Kato, Geoff Nitschke, Ibuki Kawamata, Akira Kakugo

isal 2023; 90https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00593

View Articletitled, Collective Cargo Transport and Sorting with Molecular Swarms

Experimental evolution of music styles using automatic composition models

Eita Nakamura, Hitomi Kaneko, Takayuki Itoh, Kunihiko Kaneko

isal 2023; 91https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00596

View Articletitled, Experimental evolution of music styles using automatic composition models

Characterizing the Role of Homeostatic Plasticity in Central Pattern Generators

Lindsay Stolting, Randall D. Beer, Eduardo J. Izquierdo

isal 2023; 92https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00599

View Articletitled, Characterizing the Role of Homeostatic Plasticity in Central Pattern Generators

A Computational Method to Support Chemical Product Design Based on Multi-objective Optimisation and Graph Transformers

Flavio S Correa da Silva, Bilal Aslan, Geoff Nitschke

isal 2023; 93https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00602

View Articletitled, A Computational Method to Support Chemical Product Design Based on Multi-objective Optimisation and Graph Transformers

Evolving Folding Bodies and Brains in Origami Robots

Rhett Flanagan, Geoff Nitschke

isal 2023; 94https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00603

View Articletitled, Evolving Folding Bodies and Brains in Origami Robots

Evolution of Pleiotropy and Epistasis in a Gene Regulatory Network

Priyanka Mehra, Arend Hintze

isal 2023; 95https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00604

View Articletitled, Evolution of Pleiotropy and Epistasis in a Gene Regulatory Network

Bayesian ghosts in a machine?

Martin Biehl, Nathaniel Virgo

isal 2023; 96https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00607

View Articletitled, Bayesian ghosts in a machine?

Network simulation of depression as a complex system with treatment components

Takumi Omizu, Yoshihiko Kunisato

isal 2023; 97https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00612

View Articletitled, Network simulation of depression as a complex system with treatment components

Towards open-ended evolution based on CVT-MAP-Elites with dynamic switching between feature spaces

Koki Usui, Reiji Suzuki, Takaya Arita

isal 2023; 98https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00617

View Articletitled, Towards open-ended evolution based on CVT-MAP-Elites with dynamic switching between feature spaces

Reformalizing the notion of autonomy as closure through category theory as an arrow-first mathematics

Ryuzo Hirota, Hayato Saigo, Shigeru Taguchi

isal 2023; 99https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00627

View Articletitled, Reformalizing the notion of autonomy as closure through category theory as an arrow-first mathematics

Computational evolution of gene circuit topologies to meet design requirements

Lewis Grozinger, Ángel Goñi-Moreno

isal 2023; 100https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00632

View Articletitled, Computational evolution of gene circuit topologies to meet design requirements

Exploring Multi-Level Inter-Scale Information Flow in Large-Scale Boids Model

Atsushi Masumori, Norihiro Maruyama, Takashi Ikegami

isal 2023; 101https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00634

View Articletitled, Exploring Multi-Level Inter-Scale Information Flow in Large-Scale Boids Model

Engineering Surrogate Models for Boid Systems

Jan von Pichowski, Sebastian von Mammen

isal 2023; 102https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00636

View Articletitled, Engineering Surrogate Models for Boid Systems

Recognition of Behavioural Intention in Repeated Games using Machine Learning

Alessandro Di Stefano, Chrisina Jayne, Claudio Angione, The Anh Han

isal 2023; 103https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00637

View Articletitled, Recognition of Behavioural Intention in Repeated Games using Machine Learning

Emergent rewards in open-ended systems

Richard M. Bailey

isal 2023; 104https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00639

View Articletitled, Emergent rewards in open-ended systems

A Chemical Compiler for the Synthesis of Branched Oligomers on Standardized Chemical Reaction Structures

Mathias S. Weyland, Dandolo Flumini, Johannes J. Schneider, Alessia Faggian, Aitor Patiño Diaz, Rudolf M. Füchslin

isal 2023; 105https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00648

View Articletitled, A Chemical Compiler for the Synthesis of Branched Oligomers on Standardized Chemical Reaction Structures

The Wetware Route to Explore Embodied Cognition: A Proposal

Luisa Damiano, Pasquale Stano

isal 2023; 106https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00649

View Articletitled, The Wetware Route to Explore Embodied Cognition: A Proposal

Identifying molecular selection using Assembly Theory and closed-loop experiments

Amit Kahana, Michael Jirasek, Silke Asche, Abhishek Sharma, Stuart Marshall, Lee Cronin

isal 2023; 107https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00653

View Articletitled, Identifying molecular selection using Assembly Theory and closed-loop experiments

Decentralized Control and Morphological Evolution of 2D Virtual Creatures

Frank Veenstra, Alex Szorkovszky, Kyrre Glette

isal 2023; 108https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00656

View Articletitled, Decentralized Control and Morphological Evolution of 2D Virtual Creatures

The Role of Disequilibrium in Evolutionary Discovery

Vincent R. Ragusa, Clifford Bohm

isal 2023; 109https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00660

View Articletitled, The Role of Disequilibrium in Evolutionary Discovery

Finding Sparse Initialisations using Neuroevolutionary Ticket Search (NeTS)

Alex Jackson, Nandi Schoots, Amin Ahantab, Michael Luck, Elizabeth Black

isal 2023; 110https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00664

View Articletitled, Finding Sparse Initialisations using Neuroevolutionary Ticket Search (NeTS)

The Nexican Stand-Off: Social Contracts and Popular Legitimacy in n-Player High Stakes Resource Competition Games

Matthew Scott, Jeremy Pitt

isal 2023; 111https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00672

View Articletitled, The Nexican Stand-Off: Social Contracts and Popular Legitimacy in <em>n</em>-Player High Stakes Resource Competition Games

Evolving Collective AI: Simulation of Ants Communicating via Chemicals

Ryosuke Takata, Yujin Tang, Yingtao Tian, Norihiro Maruyama, Hiroki Kojima, Takashi Ikegami

isal 2023; 112https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00676

View Articletitled, Evolving Collective AI: Simulation of Ants Communicating via Chemicals

Modeling Evolutionary Development with Indirect Encodings on Dynamic NK Fitness Landscapes

Jacob Ashworth, Julian Fiorito, Jason Yoder

isal 2023; 113https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00679

View Articletitled, Modeling Evolutionary Development with Indirect Encodings on Dynamic NK Fitness Landscapes

An Ising-like Model for Language Evolution

Conor Houghton

isal 2023; 114https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00682

View Articletitled, An Ising-like Model for Language Evolution

Evolutionary Algorithms in the Light of SGD: Limit Equivalence, Minima Flatness, and Transfer Learning

Andrei Kucharavy, Rachid Guerraoui, Ljiljana Dolamic

isal 2023; 115https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00695

View Articletitled, Evolutionary Algorithms in the Light of SGD: Limit Equivalence, Minima Flatness, and Transfer Learning

Emergence of Differentiation of Deterministic/Stochastic Behavior in Ants’ Collectives

Norihiro Maruyama, Michael Crosscombe, Shigeto Dobata, Takashi Ikegami

isal 2023; 116https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00698

View Articletitled, Emergence of Differentiation of Deterministic/Stochastic Behavior in Ants’ Collectives

Design and preliminary results of a joint metamemory experiment for the evolution of co-representation

Yusuke Yamato, Reiji Suzuki, Takaya Arita

isal 2023; 117https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00699

View Articletitled, Design and preliminary results of a joint metamemory experiment for the evolution of co-representation

Of Typewriters and PCs

Federico Pigozzi

isal 2023; 141https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00693

View Articletitled, Of Typewriters and PCs

Special Session: Agent-Based Modelling of Human Behaviour (ABMHuB’23)

Optimisation of hybrid institutional incentives for cooperation in finite populations

M. H. Duong, C. M. Durbac, T. A. Han

isal 2023; 118https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00568

View Articletitled, Optimisation of hybrid institutional incentives for cooperation in finite populations

How Individual Heterogeneity impacts Spreading Dynamics in Urban Proximity Networks: A case-study of virus spreading in the city of Brussels

Yara Khaluf, Arne Vandenberghe

isal 2023; 119https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00570

View Articletitled, How Individual Heterogeneity impacts Spreading Dynamics in Urban Proximity Networks: A case-study of virus spreading in the city of Brussels

To Comply or Not: A Social Dynamics Analysis of Institutional Reward and Punishment for Commitment Compliance

The Anh Han

isal 2023; 120https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00571

View Articletitled, To Comply or Not: A Social Dynamics Analysis of Institutional Reward and Punishment for Commitment Compliance

Examining the Role of Incentives in Scholarly Publishing with Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning

Giulia Bernardi, Eric Medvet, Alberto Bartoli, Andrea De Lorenzo

isal 2023; 121https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00585

View Articletitled, Examining the Role of Incentives in Scholarly Publishing with Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning

A tale of two Regulatory Markets: the role of institutional incentives in supporting sustainable Regulatory Markets for future AI systems

Paolo Bova, Alessandro Di Stefano, The Anh Han

isal 2023; 122https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00626

View Articletitled, A tale of two Regulatory Markets: the role of institutional incentives in supporting sustainable Regulatory Markets for future AI systems

Simulating Disease Spread During Disaster Scenarios

Shiyu Jiang, Heejoong Kim, Fabio Tanaka, Claus Aranha, Anna Bogdanova, Kimia Ghobadi, Anton Dahbura

isal 2023; 123https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00681

View Articletitled, Simulating Disease Spread During Disaster Scenarios

Simulating the Evolutionary Response of a Viral Pandemic to Behaviour Change

Martin Hinsch, Eric Silverman, David L Robertson

isal 2023; 124https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00691

View Articletitled, Simulating the Evolutionary Response of a Viral Pandemic to Behaviour Change

The Effect of Noise on the Emergence of Continuous Norms and its Evolutionary Dynamics

Stavros Anagnou, Daniel Polani, Christoph Salge

isal 2023; 125https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00588

View Articletitled, The Effect of Noise on the Emergence of Continuous Norms and its Evolutionary Dynamics

Multi-agent City Expansion With Land Use and Transport

Luiz F. S. Eugênio dos Santos, Claus Aranha, André P. de L. F. de Carvalho

isal 2023; 126https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00675

View Articletitled, Multi-agent City Expansion With Land Use and Transport

The Clash of Agents’ Worlds: Simulation Experiments for Investigating the Case of Encounters Between Agents With Different Social Ontogenies

Georgina Montserrat Reséndiz-Benhumea, Jesús M. Siqueiros, Carlos Gershenson, Gabriel Ramos-Fernández, Katya Rodríguez-Vázquez

isal 2023; 127https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00700

View Articletitled, The Clash of Agents’ Worlds: Simulation Experiments for Investigating the Case of Encounters Between Agents With Different Social Ontogenies

Erratum

Erratum: The Effect of Noise on the Emergence of Continuous Norms and its Evolutionary Dynamics

Stavros Anagnou, Daniel Polani, Christoph Salge

isal 2023; 125https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00706

View Articletitled, Erratum: The Effect of Noise on the Emergence of Continuous Norms and its Evolutionary Dynamics

Special session: Vita Ludens: Playfulness in Living Systems

Free Lunch in Evolutionary Embodied Computation in Modular Robotics

Heiko Hamann, Thomas Schmickl

isal 2023; 128https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00569

View Articletitled, Free Lunch in Evolutionary Embodied Computation in Modular Robotics

Designing Emergence in Games

Nicholas Guttenberg, L. B. Soros

isal 2023; 129https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00580

View Articletitled, Designing Emergence in Games

Ecosystem of clusters made of self-propelled droplet surfers

Richard J. G. Löffler, Shinpei Tanaka, Silvia Holler, Martin M. Hanczyc

isal 2023; 130https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00587

View Articletitled, Ecosystem of clusters made of self-propelled droplet surfers

Flow-Lenia: Towards open-ended evolution in cellular automata through mass conservation and parameter localization

Erwan Plantec, Gautier Hamon, Mayalen Etcheverry, Pierre-Yves Oudeyer, Clément Moulin-Frier, Bert Wang-Chak Chan

isal 2023; 131https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00651

View Articletitled, Flow-Lenia: Towards open-ended evolution in cellular automata through mass conservation and parameter localization

Playing and Being Played by the Drums

Matthew D. Egbert

isal 2023; 132https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00680

View Articletitled, Playing and Being Played by the Drums

Special session: (In)human Values And Artificial Agency

Is ChatGPT Really Disembodied?

Simon McGregor

isal 2023; 133https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00597

View Articletitled, Is ChatGPT Really Disembodied?

From Basic Empathy to Basic Trust in Human-Robot Relation: A Phenomenological Proposal

Aboutaleb Safdari

isal 2023; 134https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00622

View Articletitled, From Basic Empathy to Basic Trust in Human-Robot Relation: A Phenomenological Proposal

Detecting and Classifying Degradation in Robotic Swarms: An Experimental Study

Seth Bullock, Jan Noyes, Victoria Steane, Chris Bennett, Wenwen Gao, Sophie Hart, Elliott Hogg, Debora Zanatto

isal 2023; 135https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00624

View Articletitled, Detecting and Classifying Degradation in Robotic Swarms: An Experimental Study

Free will and algorithms: a typical androrithm

Cristiano Calì

isal 2023; 136https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00643

View Articletitled, Free will and algorithms: a typical androrithm

Timescales, Levels of Organization, and Multi-objective Agents

Charles Wan

isal 2023; 137https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00562

View Articletitled, Timescales, Levels of Organization, and Multi-objective Agents

A Naturalised Account of Planning in Intelligent Systems

Nora Ammann, Clem von Stengel

isal 2023; 138https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00696

View Articletitled, A Naturalised Account of Planning in Intelligent Systems

Special Session: ALife And Society VII

Social Emotional Valence for Regulating Empathy in Active Inference

Tadayuki Matsumura, Kanako Esaki, Shunsuke Minusa, Yang Shao, Chihiro Yoshimura, Hiroyuki Mizuno

isal 2023; 139https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00573

View Articletitled, Social Emotional Valence for Regulating Empathy in Active Inference

Exploring Intervention in Co-Evolving Deliberative Neuro-Evolution with Reflective Governance for the Sustainable Foraging Problem

Aishwaryaprajna, Peter R. Lewis

isal 2023; 140https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00646

View Articletitled, Exploring Intervention in Co-Evolving Deliberative Neuro-Evolution with Reflective Governance for the Sustainable Foraging Problem

The Cognitive Archaeology of Sociocultural Lifeforms

Avel Guenin-Carlut, Ben White, Lorena Sganzerla

isal 2023; 142https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00670

View Articletitled, The Cognitive Archaeology of Sociocultural Lifeforms

Innovation dynamics in multi-scalar systems of cities

Juste Raimbault, Denise Pumain

isal 2023; 143https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00702

View Articletitled, Innovation dynamics in multi-scalar systems of cities