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Topology Changes Enable Reaction-Diffusion to Generate Forms

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Advances in Artificial Life (ECAL 2005)

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This paper demonstrates some examples that show the ability of reaction-diffusion mechanism to code the curvature of forms of multi-cellular systems. The simulation model consists of two layers: the first generates reaction-diffusion waves and the second diffuses chemical substances. The results show that topology changes feedback information to the reaction-diffusion mechanism allowing the control of the morphogenetic process.

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  1. Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Department of Informatics, University of Zurich, Switzerland

    Shuhei Miyashita

  2. Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

    Satoshi Murata

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  1. Natural Computation Group, University of Kent, CT2 7NF, Canterbury, UK

    Mathieu S. Capcarrère

  2. Computing Laboratory and Centre for BioMedical Informatics, University of Kent, CT2 7NF, Canterbury, UK

    Alex A. Freitas

  3. Computer Science Department, University College London, London, UK

    Peter J. Bentley

  4. Computing Laboratory, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK

    Colin G. Johnson

  5. Department of Electronics, University of York, YO10 5DD, Heslington, York, UK

    Jon Timmis

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Miyashita, S., Murata, S. (2005). Topology Changes Enable Reaction-Diffusion to Generate Forms. In: Capcarrère, M.S., Freitas, A.A., Bentley, P.J., Johnson, C.G., Timmis, J. (eds) Advances in Artificial Life. ECAL 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 3630. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11553090_17

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