Adaptive Growth Processes - A Model Inspired by Pask's Ear
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چکیده
We introduce the notion of an “adaptive growth process” in order to explain an experimental result from the 1950s in which a complex mechanism capable of distinguishing between two sounds emerges from a homogeneous chemical solution. We present a very simple computational model which exhibits an adaptive growth process. Adaptive growth processes could have practical applications in adaptive control systems and may also play a role in biological development. keywords: self-organisation, complex systems, reinforcement learning, Gordon Pask
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