On evolutionary processes in natural and artificial systems

David Green; David Newth; David Cornforth; Michael Kirley

On evolutionary processes in natural and artificial systems

David Green, David Newth, David Cornforth, Michael Kirley

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The close links that now exist between biology and computation raise the prospect of setting species evolution in a broader, computational context. This context would comprise theories about the origins of pattern and order in complex systems. We argue that several processes play crucial roles in both natural and artificial evolution. One mechanism consists of critical changes between different system phases that promote order and variation respectively. Processes that lead to modular structures promote both robustness and increasing complexity in evolution. Examples of such processes include genetic convergence, gene shuffling and ordered asynchronous processing. We demonstrate that gene shuffling causes colocation of genes on chromosomes, thus promoting genetic modularity.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	5th Australasia-Japan Joint Workshop on Intelligent and Evolutionary Systems
Editors	P. Whigham, M. Gen, K. Richards, Y. Tujimura, B. McKay, A. Namatame
Place of Publication	Dunedin, New Zealand
Publisher	University of Otago
Pages	1-10
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	0731705033
Publication status	Published - 2001
Event	Australasia-Japan Joint Workshop on Intelligent and Evolutionary Systems - Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand Duration: 19 Nov 2001 → 21 Nov 2001

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Workshop	Australasia-Japan Joint Workshop on Intelligent and Evolutionary Systems
Country/Territory	New Zealand
Period	19/11/01 → 21/11/01

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Green, D, Newth, D, Cornforth, D & Kirley, M 2001, On evolutionary processes in natural and artificial systems. in P Whigham, M Gen, K Richards, Y Tujimura, B McKay & A Namatame (eds), 5th Australasia-Japan Joint Workshop on Intelligent and Evolutionary Systems. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, pp. 1-10, Australasia-Japan Joint Workshop on Intelligent and Evolutionary Systems, New Zealand, 19/11/01.

On evolutionary processes in natural and artificial systems. / Green, David; Newth, David; Cornforth, David et al.
5th Australasia-Japan Joint Workshop on Intelligent and Evolutionary Systems. ed. / P. Whigham; M. Gen; K. Richards; Y. Tujimura; B. McKay; A. Namatame. Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago, 2001. p. 1-10.

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