Morphogenic Evolutionary Design:

This paper provides the initial results of a study on the applications of cellular automata representations in evolutionary design of topologies of steel structural systems in tall buildings. In the paper, a brief overview of the state of the art in cellular automata and evolutionary design representations is presented. Next, morphogenic evolutionary design is introduced and illustrated by several types of cellular automata representations. Further, Emergent Designer, a unique evolutionary design tool developed at George Mason University, is briefly described. It is an integrated research and design support tool which applies models of complex adaptive systems to represent engineering systems and analyze design processes. The paper also reports the initial results of several structural design experiments conducted with Emergent Designer. The objective of the experiments was to determine feasibility of various types of cellular automata representations in topological structural optimization. Finally, initial research conclusions and recommendations for the further research are provided. 1 Citation: Kicinger, R., Arciszewski, T., and De Jong, K. A. (2004). "Morphogenic evolutionary design: cellular automata representations in topological structural design." Adaptive Computing in Design and Manufacture VI, I. C. Parmee, ed., Springer-Verlag, London, UK, 25-38.