Revisiting the Edge of Chaos: Evolving Cellular Automata to Perform Computations

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Summary

An experiment similar to one performed by Packard (1988), in which a genetic algorithm is used to evolve cellular automata to perform a particular computational task, demonstrates how symmetry breaking can impede the evolution toward higher computational capability.

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Published
1993-03-31
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Keywords

Cellular automaton, Edge of chaos, Computation, Interpretation (philosophy), Constructive

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