A review of morphogenetic engineering
A review of morphogenetic engineering
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DOI：
10.1007/s11047-013-9398-1
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发表时间：
2013-12-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Michel, Olivier
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作者：
Doursat, Rene;Sayama, Hiroki;Michel, Olivier
一般来说，自发图案形成的现象是随机和重复的，而精心设计的装置是人类设计的确定性产品。然而，生物有机体和昆虫集体结构是复杂系统(CS)的例外例子，这些系统既是有结构的，也是自组织的。我们能否了解他们的精确自我形成能力，并将其与技术规划相结合？物理系统能否被赋予信息，或者信息系统能否被嵌入到物理中，以创造自主的形态和功能？为了回答这些问题，我们于2009年推出了一个名为形态发生工程的新研究领域，并通过一系列研讨会和一本集体书籍来开发。这是第一个联合和促进复杂自架构系统的模型和实现的此类倡议。特别强调的是自组织的可编程性和计算能力，这些特性在CS科学中往往被低估--相反，在工程方法中，自组织的好处往往被低估。[本文件是Doursat、Sayama和Michel(2012b)(第1章，Doursat R等人)的扩展版本。(编辑)形态发生工程：走向可编程的复杂系统。理解复杂的系统。Springer，2012a)。]
Generally, phenomena of spontaneous pattern formation are random and repetitive, whereas elaborate devices are the deterministic product of human design. Yet, biological organisms and collective insect constructions are exceptional examples of complex systems (CS) that are both architectured and self-organized. Can we understand their precise self-formation capabilities and integrate them with technological planning? Can physical systems be endowed with information, or informational systems be embedded in physics, to create autonomous morphologies and functions? To answer these questions, we have launched in 2009, and developed through a series of workshops and a collective book, a new field of research called morphogenetic engineering. It is the first initiative of its kind to rally and promote models and implementations of complex self-architecturing systems. Particular emphasis is set on the programmability and computational abilities of self-organization, properties that are often underappreciated in CS science-while, conversely, the benefits of self-organization are often underappreciated in engineering methodologies. [This paper is an extended version of Doursat, Sayama and Michel (2012b) (Chapter 1, in Doursat R et al. (eds.) Morphogenetic engineering: toward programmable complex systems. Understanding complex systems. Springer, 2012a).]