Table of Contents

• From Fertilized Eggs to Complex Organisms: Models of Biological Pattern FormationHans Meinhardt. 3-4
• Fables of Cyberspace: Tapeworms, Horses, and MountainsWilliam D. Hamilton. 5-6
• Cognitive Teleportation and Situated EmbodimentLuc Steels. 7
• Testing Gaia Theory with Artificial LifeTim Lenton. 9-10
• Testing for Emergence in Artificial LifeEdmund M. A. Ronald, Moshe Sipper, Mathieu S. Capcarrère. 13-20
• Are Romance Novels Really Alive? A Discussion of the Supple Adaptation View of LifePaul Domjan. 21-25
• How Symbiosis Can Guide EvolutionRichard A. Watson, Jordan B. Pollack. 29-38
• Adaptability of Darwinian and Lamarckian Populations toward an Unknown New WorldYuka Yamamoto, Takahiro Sasaki, Mario Tokoro. 39-48
• Requirements for Immortal ALife to Exterminate Mortal ALife in One Finite, Heterogeneous EcosystemTsutomu Oohashi, Tadao Maekawa, Osamu Ueno, Emi Nishida, Norie Kawai. 49-53
• Error Thresholds and Their Relation to Optimal Mutation RatesGabriela Ochoa, Inman Harvey, Hilary Buxton. 54-63
• Are Artificial Mutation Biases Unnatural?Seth Bullock. 64-73
• Evolving Mutation Rates for the Self-Optimisation of Genetic AlgorithmsStevan Jay Anastasoff. 74-78
• Statistical Reasoning Strategies in the Pursuit and Evasion DomainSevan G. Ficici, Jordan B. Pollack. 79-88
• An Evolutionary Method Using Crossover in a Food Chain SimulationAtsuko Mutoh, Satoru Oono, Kousuke Moriwaki, Tsuyoshi Nakamura, Nobuhiro Inuzuka, Hidenori Itoh. 89-93
• On Self-Reproduction and EvolvabilityTim Taylor. 94-103
• Some Techniques for the Measurement of Complexity in TierraRussell K. Standish. 104-108
• A Generic Neutral Model for Quantitative Comparison of Genotypic Evolutionary ActivityAndreas Rechtsteiner, Mark A. Bedau. 109-118
• A Comparative Analysis of Biodiversity MeasuresHenning Schwöbbermeyer, Jan T. Kim. 119-128
• Evolution of Differentiated Expression Patterns in Digital OrganismsCharles Ofria, Christoph Adami, Travis C. Collier, Grace K. Hsu. 129-138
• Species Formation in Evolving Finite State MachinesArno Rasek, Walter Dörwald, Michael Hauhs, Alois Kastner-Maresch. 139-148
• Genetic Code Degeneracy: Implications for GrammaticalMichael O Neill, Conor Ryan. 149-153
• Coevolutionary Dynamics of a Multi-population Genetic Programming SystemJosh C. Bongard. 154-158
• The Evolution of Computation in Co-evolving Demes of Non-uniform Cellular Automata for Global SynchronisationVesselin K. Vassilev, Julian F. Miller, Terence C. Fogarty. 159-169
• Exploiting the Power of Sensory-Motor CoordinationStefano Nolfi, Domenico Parisi. 173-182
• Evolution of Neural Controllers with Adaptive Synapses and Compact Genetic EncodingDario Floreano, Joseba Urzelai. 183-194
• Synthetic Approaches to Neurobiology: Review and Case Study in the Control of Anguiliform LocomotionAuke Jan Ijspeert. 195-204
• Replicating Experiments in Detour Behavior with Artifically Evolved Robots: An A-Life Approach to Comparative PsychologyRichard Walker 0002, Orazio Miglino. 205-214
• Studying Animals through Artificial Evolution: The Cricket CaseRens Kortmann, John Hallam. 215-224
• Evolving Behavioural Choice: An Investigation into Herrnstein s Matching LawAnil K. Seth. 225-235
• Modeling of an Early Evolutionary Stage of the Cnidarian Nervous System and BehaviorJohn Albert. 236-245
• Spontaneous Evolution of Command Neurons, Place Cells and Memory Mechanisms in Autonomous AgentsRanit Aharonov-Barki, Tuvik Beker, Eytan Ruppin. 246-255
• Modularity in Evolved Artificial Neural NetworksÁdám Rotaru-Varga. 256-260
• Framsticks: Towards a Simulation of a Nature-Like World, Creatures and EvolutionMaciej Komosinski, Szymon Ulatowski. 261-265
• Evolving Visual Feature DetectorsTony Belpaeme. 266-270
• Evolutionary Design of Mobile Robot Behaviors for Action-Based Environment ModelingSeiji Yamada. 271-275
• On the Dynamics of Robot Exploration LearningJun Tani, Yuuya Sugita. 279-288
• Artificial Autonomy in the Natural World: Building a Robot PredatorIan Kelly, Owen Holland, Martin Scull, David McFarland. 289-293
• Behaviour Adaption on Behavior-Based Controller for Brachiation RobotYasuhisa Hasegawa, Yoshikuni Ito, Toshio Fukuda. 294-303
• Wet Artificial Brains: Towards the Chemical Control of Robot Motion by Reaction-Diffusion and Excitable MediaAndrew Adamatzky, Owen Holland, Nikolay G. Rambidi, Alan F. T. Winfield. 304-313
• A Neural Structure for Learning by ImitationSorin Moga, Philippe Gaussier. 314-318
• A Neural Model for the Visual Navigation and Planning of a Mobile RobotMathias Quoy, Philippe Gaussier, Sacha Leprêtre, Arnaud Revel. 319-323
• Progressive Construction of Compound Behavior Controllers for Autonomous Robots Using Temporal InformationJ. A. Becerra, José Santos Reyes, Richard J. Duro. 324-328
• A Visualization Tool for the Mini-Robot Khepera: Behavior Analysis and OptimizationAxel Löffler, Jürgen Klahold, Manfred Hußmann, Ulrich Rückert. 329-333
• Towards UAV Nap-of-the-Earth Flight Using Optical FlowThomas Netter, Nicolas H. Franceschini. 334-338
• On Bots and Bacteria: Ontology Independent EmbodimentTom Quick, Kerstin Dautenhahn, Chrystopher L. Nehaniv, Graham Roberts. 339-343
• Populating the Virtual Worlds with Interactive Perceptive Virtual ActorsDaniel Thalmann. 344
• Level of Autonomy for Virtual Human AgentsSoraia Raupp Musse, Marcelo Kallmann, Daniel Thalmann. 345-349
• Emotional Disorders in Autonomous Agents?Aapo Hyvärinen, Timo Honkela. 350-354
• Integrating Unsupervised Learning, Motivation and Action Selection in an A-life AgentMark Witkowski. 355-364
• Can Computers Have Sentiments? The Case of Risk Aversion and Utility for WealthGeorge G. Szpiro. 365-374
• Towards Robust Bio-inspired CircuitsDaniel Mange. 377-378
• Designing a Simulation Model of a Self-Maintaining Cellular SystemKepa Ruiz-Mirazo, Alvaro Moreno, Federico Morán, Juli Peretó, Juan J. Merelo Guervós. 379-388
• Design Patterns for an Object-Oriented Computational ChemistryHugues Bersini. 389-398
• Model of Self-Replicating Cell Capable of Self-MaintenanceNaoaki Ono, Takashi Ikegami. 399-406
• Evolution at the Origins of Life: Modelling Simple Persistent Replicating ObjectsOliver Sharpe. 407-411
• A Simulation of Life Using a Dynamic Core Memory Partitioned by Membrane DataHideaki Suzuki. 412-416
• Molecular Evolution in Time-Dependent EnvironmentsClaus O. Wilke, Christopher Ronnewinkel, Thomas Martinetz. 417-421
• Evolution to Complexity: Replication, Elongation and Assembly in an RNA WorldTomoyuki Yamamoto, Paulien Hogeweg. 422-426
• Evolution of Multispecificity in an Immune NetworkKouji Harada, Takashi Ikegami. 427-431
• Laziness + Sensitivity + Mobility = Structure. Emergence of Patterns in Lattice SwarmsAndrew Adamatzky, Owen Holland, Chris Melhuish. 432-441
• Self-Repairing Multicellular Hardware: A Reliability AnalysisCesar Ortega-Sanchez, Andrew M. Tyrrell. 442-446
• Arithmetic Operations on Self-Replicating Cellular AutomataEnrico Petraglio, Jean-Marc Henry, Gianluca Tempesti. 447-456
• Dynamics of Gene Expression in an Artificial Genome - Implications for Biological and Artificial OntogenyTorsten Reil. 457-466
• Parameter Optimization in Hierarchical StructuresShugo Hamahashi, Hiroaki Kitano. 467-471
• A Model of Axis Determination for the Drosophila Wing DiscKoji Kyoda, Hiroaki Kitano. 472-476
• Identifying Gene Regulatory Networks from Time Series Expression Data by in silico Sampling and ScreeningMineo Morohashi, Hiroaki Kitano. 477-486
• Simulating the Evolution of ArtifactsMassimiliano Ugolini, Domenico Parisi. 489-498
• The Evolution of Non-reciprocal AltruismMartijn Brinkers, Paul den Dulk. 499-503
• A Little More than Kind and Less than Kin: The Unwarranted Use of Kin Selection in Spatial Models of CommunicationEzequiel A. Di Paolo. 504-513
• An Evolutionary Simulation Model of Social Learning about Food by Norway RatsJason Noble, Elio Tuci, Peter M. Todd. 514-523
• Effects of Cohesiveness on Inter-sexual Dominance Relationships and Spatial Structure among Group-Living Virtual EntitiesCharlotte K. Hemelrijk. 524-534
• Simplicity Rules the Roost: Exploring Birdbrain Parental Investment HeuristicsSeth Bullock, Jennifer Nerissa Davis, Peter M. Todd. 535-544
• Imitation and Cooperation in Coupled Dynamical RecognizersTakashi Ikegami, Makoto Taiji. 545-554
• Emergence of Adaptive Society with Competitive Selfish AgentsTakashi Ishida, Hiroshi Yokoi, Yukinori Kakazu. 555-559
• Dynamical Systems GameEizo Akiyama, Kunihiko Kaneko. 560-565
• High Speed Hardware Computation of Co-evolution ModelsYoshiki Yamaguchi, Tsutomu Maruyama, Tsutomu Hoshino. 566-574
• A Probabilistic Model for Understanding and Comparing Collective Aggregation MechansimsAlcherio Martinoli, Auke Jan Ijspeert, Luca Maria Gambardella. 575-584
• Exploiting Domain Physics: Using Stigmergy to Control Cluster Building with Real RobotsChris Melhuish. 585-595
• Adaptive Exploration of a Dynamic Environment by a Group of Communicating RobotsAude Billard, Auke Jan Ijspeert, Alcherio Martinoli. 596-605
• Task Fulfilment and Temporal Patterns of Activity in Artificial Ant ColoniesJordi Delgado, Ricard V. Solé. 606-615
• Formalizing the Ant Algorithms in Terms of Reinforcement LearningAnn Nowé, Katja Verbeeck. 616-620
• Using Competing Ant Colonies to Solve k-way Partitioning Problems with Foraging and Raiding StrategiesAnnemarie E. Langham, P. W. Grant. 621-625
• On Improving Clustering in Numerical Databases with Artificial AntsNicolas Monmarché, Mohamed Slimane, Gilles Venturini. 626-635
• Ants War with Evolutive Pheromone Style CommunicationHidenori Kawamura, Masahito Yamamoto, Keiji Suzuki, Azuma Ohuchi. 639-643
• Sexual Signalling in an Artificial Population: When Does the Handicap Principle Work?Jason Noble. 644-653
• Modeling the Evolution of Communication: From Stimulus Associations to Grounded Symbolic AssociationsAngelo Cangelosi. 654-663
• Emergence of Speech Sounds in Changing PopulationBart de Boer, Paul Vogt. 664-673
• SPECIES: An Evolutionary Model for the Emergence of Phonetic Structures in an Artificial Society of Speech AgentsAhmed-Reda Berrah, Rafael Laboissière. 674-678
• Collective Learning and Semiotic DynamicsLuc Steels, Frédéric Kaplan. 679-688
• Analyzing the Evolution of Communication from a Dynamical Systems s PerspectiveEdwin D. de Jong. 689-693
• Syntax out of Learning: The Cultural Evolution of Structured Communication in a Population of Induction AlgorithmsSimon Kirby. 694-703
• Modelling the Evolution of Linguistic DiversityDaniel Livingstone, Colin Fyfe. 704-708
• Compression and AdaptationTracy K. Teal, Daniel Albro, Edward P. Stabler, Charles E. Taylor. 709-719
• Effective Lexicon Change in the Absence of Population FluxChristopher Dircks, Scott C. Stoness. 720-724
• Self-Organization of a Lexicon in a Structured Society of AgentsPierre-Yves Oudeyer. 725-729
• Modeling Categorization Dynamics through Conversation by Constructive ApproachTakashi Hashimoto. 730-734