Publication details
Requirements for Open-Ended Evolution in Natural and Artificial Systems
Tim Taylor
2015
Abstract
Open-ended evolutionary dynamics remains an elusive goal for artificial evolutionary systems. Many ideas exist in the biological literature beyond the basic Darwinian requirements of variation, differential reproduction and inheritance. I argue that these ideas can be seen as aspects of five fundamental requirements for open-ended evolution: (1) robustly reproductive individuals, (2) a medium allowing the possible existence of a practically unlimited diversity of individuals and interactions, (3) individuals capable of producing more complex offspring, (4) mutational pathways to other viable individuals, and (5) drive for continued evolution. I briefly discuss implications of this view for the design of artificial systems with greater evolutionary potential.
Reference
Taylor, T. (2015). Requirements for Open-Ended Evolution in Natural and Artificial Systems. Presented at the EvoEvo Workshop at the European Conference on Artificial Life 2015 (ECAL 2015). Retrieved from https://arxiv.org/abs/1507.07403
BibTeX
@article{taylor2015requirements, author = {Taylor, Tim}, title = {Requirements for Open-Ended Evolution in Natural and Artificial Systems}, journal = {Presented at the EvoEvo Workshop at the European Conference on Artificial Life 2015 (ECAL 2015)}, year = {2015}, month = jul, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/1507.07403}, category = {workshop}, keywords = {oee} }
Note
Preprint on arXiv: arXiv:1507.07403
Presented at the EvoEvo Workshop at the European Conference on Artificial Life 2015 (ECAL 2015), University of York, United Kingdom, 24 July 2015.