Crutchfield J P, Mitchell M
Physics Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1995 Nov 7;92(23):10742-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.92.23.10742.
A simple evolutionary process can discover sophisticated methods for emergent information processing in decentralized spatially extended systems. The mechanisms underlying the resulting emergent computation are explicated by a technique for analyzing particle-based logic embedded in pattern-forming systems. Understanding how globally coordinated computation can emerge in evolution is relevant both for the scientific understanding of natural information processing and for engineering new forms of parallel computing systems.
一个简单的进化过程能够发现用于在分散的空间扩展系统中进行涌现信息处理的复杂方法。通过一种分析嵌入在模式形成系统中的基于粒子的逻辑的技术,揭示了由此产生的涌现计算背后的机制。理解全局协调计算如何在进化中出现,对于科学理解自然信息处理以及设计新型并行计算系统都具有重要意义。