JohnnyVon：连续二维的空间中的自复制自动机
JohnnyVon: Self-Replicating Automata in Continuous Two-Dimensional Space
摘要：
JohnnyVon是连续二维的【形】空间中的自复制自动机的实现。两种类型的粒子在虚拟液体中四处漂移。粒子是具有离散内部状态但连续外部关系的自动机。它们的内部状态由有限状态机控制，但它们的外部关系由模拟的物理学控制，包括布朗运动，粘性和弹簧般的吸引力和排斥力。这些粒子可以组合成可以编码任意比特串的模式。我们证明了，如果一个任意的“种子”模式被放置在一个“汤”的单独的粒子，该模式将复制组装成副本本身的单个粒子。我们还表明，如果有足够的时间，一个单独的粒子汤最终会自发地形成自我复制的模式。我们讨论了JohnnyVon在纳米技术，理论生物学和人工生命研究的影响。
英文摘要：
JohnnyVon is an implementation of self-replicating automata in continuous two-dimensional space. Two types of particles drift about in a virtual liquid. The particles are automata with discrete internal states but continuous external relationships. Their internal states are governed by finite state machines but their external relationships are governed by a simulated physics that includes brownian motion, viscosity, and spring-like attractive and repulsive forces. The particles can be assembled into patterns that can encode arbitrary strings of bits. We demonstrate that, if an arbitrary "seed" pattern is put in a "soup" of separate individual particles, the pattern will replicate by assembling the individual particles into copies of itself. We also show that, given sufficient time, a soup of separate individual particles will eventually spontaneously form self-replicating patterns. We discuss the implications of JohnnyVon for research in nanotechnology, theoretical biology, and artificial life.
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