automata simulators supporting changing rules between generations

From: Dave Demaris (demaris@austin.ibm.com)
Date: Tue Mar 16 1993 - 00:20:48 UTC


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I'd like to do some research involving systematic modulation of the lambda
parameter (Langton's term); does anyone have a simulator built already that
supports this concept?  The next best thing would be user rule tables that
can be switched between generations. Can any users of cellsim or Autodesk CA-Lab
comment on the ease of doing this in either of those environments?  One or two 
dimensional simulators are OK. 

I'm also interested in any existing research along these lines, particularly
regarding adaptation, such as evolving CA's to perform some task. I know the 
work suggesting the critical or edge of chaos zone is better for adaptation, 
and saw the recent post by Packard suggesting that some of those results may
have been artifacts of the problem structure. 
   


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