Abstract
Lipidia is a new simulation system that is related to the “Lipid World” scenario for the origin of life. Lipidia allows for conducting experiments with a population of assemblies containing lipid-like molecules on a two dimensional grid. The dynamics of the assemblies is modelled using the Graded Autocatalysis Replication Domain (GARD) model. New experiments using a finite environment model with GARD were conducted with Lipidia. The experiments show that more self-replicating assembly species appear when using a model of finite environment than when using a model of infinite environment. In many species the number of individuals increases as well.
Original language | English GB |
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Title of host publication | Artificial Life IX |
Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Artificial Life |
Editors | J. Pollack, M. Bedau, P. Husbands, T. Ikegami, R. A. Watson |
Pages | 466-471 |
Volume | 9 |
State | Published - 2004 |