Computational Ontogeny

William R. Buckley

2012

Abstract

Of interest to the theory of machines that construct is ontogeny, by which process of development the constructor is transformed from immature to mature form. Whereas we have already shown that self-replicating machines generally are able to bootstrap themselves through the construction of sub-machines (such as organs that rewind a tape, or replicate a tape, or initiate the behavior of a construct), in this paper we present in abstract a constructor that bootstraps its ability to construct, through the construction of sub-constructors. This is to say, we present a constructor that learns how to construct, and does so by constructing; our constructor is in truth a proto-constructor. Here, learning occurs by the addition of new machine configuration; each learned lesson is correlated with specific additions to machine configuration.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Buckley W. (2012). Computational Ontogeny . In Proceedings of the 4th International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence - Volume 1: ECTA, (IJCCI 2012) ISBN 978-989-8565-33-4, pages 116-121

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ecta12,
author={William R. Buckley},
title={Computational Ontogeny},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence - Volume 1: ECTA, (IJCCI 2012)},
year={2012},
pages={116-121},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={},
isbn={978-989-8565-33-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence - Volume 1: ECTA, (IJCCI 2012)
TI - Computational Ontogeny
SN - 978-989-8565-33-4
AU - Buckley W.
PY - 2012
SP - 116
EP - 121
DO -