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

Stefan Leijnen; Tom Heskes; Terrence W. Deacon

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

Stefan Leijnen, Tom Heskes, Terrence W. Deacon

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Many origin of life theories argue that molecular self-organization explains the spontaneous emergence of structural and dynamical constraints. However, the preservation of these constraints over time is not well-explained because of
the self-undermining and self-limiting nature of these same processes. A process called autogenesis has been proposed in which a synergetic coupling between self-organized processes preserves the constraints thereby accumulated. This
paper presents a computer simulation of this process (the Autogenic
Automaton) and compares its behavior to the same self-organizing processes when uncoupled. We demonstrate that this coupling produces a second-order constraint that can both resist dissipation and become replicated in new substrates over time.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Artificial Life Conference 2016
Subtitle of host publication	ALIFE
Editors	Carlos Gershenson, Tom Froese, Jesus M. Siqueiros, Wendy Aguilar, Eduardo J. Izquierdo, Hiroki Sayama
Place of Publication	Cambridge, MA
Publisher	MIT Press
Pages	68-75
ISBN (Print)	9780262339360
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	The Fifteenth International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems - Cancun, Mexico Duration: 4 Jul 2016 → 8 Jul 2016

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Name	Complex Adaptive Systems

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Conference	The Fifteenth International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems
Country/Territory	Mexico
City	Cancun
Period	4/07/16 → 8/07/16

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Leijnen, Stefan ; Heskes, Tom ; Deacon, Terrence W. / Exploring Constraint: Simulating Self-Organization and Autogenesis in the Autogenic Automaton. Proceedings of the Artificial Life Conference 2016: ALIFE . editor / Carlos Gershenson ; Tom Froese ; Jesus M. Siqueiros ; Wendy Aguilar ; Eduardo J. Izquierdo ; Hiroki Sayama. Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 2016. pp. 68-75 (Complex Adaptive Systems).

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Leijnen, S, Heskes, T & Deacon, TW 2016, Exploring Constraint: Simulating Self-Organization and Autogenesis in the Autogenic Automaton. in C Gershenson, T Froese, JM Siqueiros, W Aguilar, EJ Izquierdo & H Sayama (eds), Proceedings of the Artificial Life Conference 2016: ALIFE . Complex Adaptive Systems, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, pp. 68-75, The Fifteenth International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems, Cancun, Mexico, 4/07/16.

Exploring Constraint: Simulating Self-Organization and Autogenesis in the Autogenic Automaton. / Leijnen, Stefan; Heskes, Tom; Deacon, Terrence W.
Proceedings of the Artificial Life Conference 2016: ALIFE . ed. / Carlos Gershenson; Tom Froese; Jesus M. Siqueiros; Wendy Aguilar; Eduardo J. Izquierdo; Hiroki Sayama. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2016. p. 68-75 (Complex Adaptive Systems).

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