2004 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT'04)
Designing Stable Structures in a Multi-Agent Self-Assembly System
Beijing, China
September 20-September 24
ISBN: 0-7695-2101-0
In this paper, we present a genetic algorithm-based approach to designing specific self-assembling structures that act as building blocks for assembling more complex objects. Our simulated environment models two-dimensional square blocks as autonomous agents. A specific class of multi-agent self-assembled products is termed "enzymes", which are capable of producing other multi-agent self-assembled products whilst themselves remaining unchanged. The global goal of our self-assembly process is to produce large stable structures by evolving the enzyme and block parameters. Our experiments show that the "enzymes" can interact with the other blocks to produce a wide variety of stable self-assembling structures.
Citation:
Ying Guo, Geoff Poulton, Geoff James, Phil Valencia, Vadim Gerasimov, Jiaming Li, "Designing Stable Structures in a Multi-Agent Self-Assembly System," iat, pp.405-408, 2004 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT'04), 2004