Theory of Self-Reproducing Automata
Theory of Self-Reproducing Automata
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Cooperative network construction using digital germlines
Proceedings of the 10th annual conference on Genetic and evolutionary computation
Evolution of Adaptive Population Control in Multi-agent Systems
SASO '08 Proceedings of the 2008 Second IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems
Resource abundance promotes the evolution of public goods cooperation
Proceedings of the 12th annual conference on Genetic and evolutionary computation
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Cooperative behaviors are pervasive in the natural world. How organisms evolve stable cooperative strategies, specifically how selection can favor such costly behaviors, is a difficult problem for which several theories exist. In this work, we use digital evolution to explore the evolution of the production of a public resource that enables populations of organisms to survive in an adverse environment. Kin selection and limited dispersal are shown to promote cooperative acts, and evolved organisms stave off invasion by cheaters and survive in increasingly-adverse environments. Further, we observe how populations react to the disappearance and later re-emergence of adversity in the environment.