Richard Stafford
2 votes
Robustness of self-organised systems to changes in individual level behaviour: an example from real and simulated self-organised snail aggregations
Perfect behaviours that are optimal to the environment an agent operates within rarely exist in real animals or in robotic systems. The costs (be they biological or economic) of building sensors an…
Received 29 October 2009 18:12 UTC; Posted 30 October 2009
Posted to: Biotechnology, Ecology, Evolutionary Biology
3 votes
Exaptation and emergence as mechanisms to cross fitness valleys during evolution: an example using simulated homing behaviour
Evolution is often considered a gradual hill climbing process, slowly increasing the fitness of organisms. I investigate the evolution of homing behaviour in simulated intertidal limpets. In order …
Received 12 August 2008 12:42 UTC; Posted 14 August 2008
Posted to: Evolutionary Biology
