Programmable architectures that are complex and self-organized: From morphogenesis to engineering

Artificial Life XI: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems, ALIFE 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 181-188

  Doursat, René ^a  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENT SOCIETY; AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANISMS; COLLECTIVE MOTIONS; COMPLEX MORPHOLOGY; COMPLICATED STRUCTURES; ENGINEERING APPROACHES; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN DESIGN; MODEL I; PATTERN FORMATION; PROGRAMMABLE ARCHITECTURES; SELF-REPAIR; SOCIAL SYSTEMS; SWARM AGENTS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; CELLULAR AUTOMATA; GENE EXPRESSION; PRODUCT DESIGN;

MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 84874596294     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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