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Hierarchical Self-Organization in the Finitary Process Soup

Hierarchical Self-Organization in the Finitary Process Soup Current analyses of genomes from numerous species show that the diversity of their functional and behavioral characters is not proportional to the number of genes that encode the organism. We investigate the hypothesis that the diversity of organismal character is due to hierarchical organization. We do this with the recently introduced model of the finitary process soup , which allows for a detailed mathematical and quantitative analysis of the population dynamics of structural complexity. Here we show that global complexity in the finitary process soup is due to the emergence of successively higher levels of organization, that the hierarchical structure appears spontaneously, and that the process of structural innovation is facilitated by the discovery and maintenance of relatively noncomplex, but general, individuals in a population. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Artificial Life MIT Press

Hierarchical Self-Organization in the Finitary Process Soup

Artificial Life , Volume 14 (3) – Jul 1, 2008

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Publisher
MIT Press
Copyright
© 2008 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Subject
Articles
ISSN
1064-5462
eISSN
1530-9185
DOI
10.1162/artl.2008.14.3.14301
pmid
18489247
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Abstract

Current analyses of genomes from numerous species show that the diversity of their functional and behavioral characters is not proportional to the number of genes that encode the organism. We investigate the hypothesis that the diversity of organismal character is due to hierarchical organization. We do this with the recently introduced model of the finitary process soup , which allows for a detailed mathematical and quantitative analysis of the population dynamics of structural complexity. Here we show that global complexity in the finitary process soup is due to the emergence of successively higher levels of organization, that the hierarchical structure appears spontaneously, and that the process of structural innovation is facilitated by the discovery and maintenance of relatively noncomplex, but general, individuals in a population.

Journal

Artificial LifeMIT Press

Published: Jul 1, 2008

Keywords: Pre-biotic evolution; structural complexity; hierarchy; self-organization; networks; population dynamics

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