Publication: A Bacterial-Based Algorithm to Simulate Complex Adaptative Systems
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ISSN: 0302-9743
ISBN: 978-3-319-08863-1
ISBN: 978-3-319-08864-8 (online)
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2014
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Bacteria have demonstrated an amazing capacity to overcome envi-ronmental changes by collective adaptation through genetic exchanges. Using a distributed communication system and sharing individual strategies, bacteria propagate mutations as innovations that allow them to survive in different envi-ronments. In this paper we present an agent-based model which is inspired by bacterial conjugation of DNA plasmids. In our approach, agents with bounded rationality interact in a common environment guided by local rules, leading to Complex Adaptive Systems that are named 'artificial societies'. We have demonstrated that in a model based on free interactions among autonomous agents, optimal results emerge by incrementing heterogeneity levels and decentralizing communication structures, leading to a global adaptation of the system. This organic approach to model peertopeer dynamics in Complex Adaptive Systems is what we have named ‘bacterial-based algorithms’ because agents exchange strategic information in the same way that bacteria use conjugation and share genome.
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Paper presented at the 13th International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior which took place at Castellón, Spain in 2014, July 22-25.
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Complexity, Artificial Society, Bacterial-based Algorithms, P2P Society, Complex Adaptive Systems, CAS
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González Rodríguez, D., Hernández Carrión, J.R. 2014. A Bacterial-Based Algorithm to Simulate Complex Adaptative Systems. From Animals to Animats 13: 13th International Conference on Simulation of Adaptative Behaviour, SAB 2014, Castellón, Spain, July 22-25, 2014. Proceedings, pp. 250-259.