Autopoiesis and Eigenform

Kauffman, Louis H.

doi:10.3390/computation11120247

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“…al. introduced the concept of autopoiesis with their computational model of an entity comprised of a self-repairing cellular boundary enclosing a dynamic organization that produces and maintains the entity [3][4][5]. Since then, many groups have improved upon their computational original model [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] as well as developed unique models of their own [16].…”

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Autocatalysis, Autopoiesis, and the Opportunity Cost of Individuality

Kliska,

Nehaniv

2024

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Ever since Varela and Maturana proposed the concept of autopoiesis as the minimal requirement for life, there has been a focus on cellular systems that erect topological boundaries to separate themselves from their surrounding environment. Here we reconsider whether the existence of such a spatial boundary is strictly necessary for self-producing entities. This work presents a novel computational model of a minimal autopoietic system inspired by dendrites and molecular dynamics simulations in three-dimensional space. A series of simulation experiments where the metabolic pathways of a particular autocatalytic set are successively inhibited until autocatalytic entities that could be considered autopoietic are produced. These entities maintain their distinctness in an environment containing multiple identical instances of the entities without the existence of a topological boundary. This gives rise to the concept of a metabolic boundary which manifests as emergent self-selection criteria for the processes of self-production without any need for unique identifiers. However, the adoption of such a boundary comes at a cost, as these autopoietic entities are less suited to their simulated environment than their autocatalytic counterparts. Finally, this work showcases a generalized metabolism-centered approach to the study of autopoiesis that can be applied to both physical and abstract systems alike.

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Autocatalysis, Autopoiesis, and the Opportunity Cost of Individuality

Kliska,

Nehaniv

2024

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“…Alternatively in 1974, Varela et al introduced the concept of autopoiesis with their computational model of an entity comprising a self-repairing cellular boundary enclosing a dynamic organization that produces and maintains the entity [3][4][5]. Since then, many groups have improved upon their computational original model [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] as well as developed unique models of their own [16].…”

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Autocatalysis, Autopoiesis, and the Opportunity Cost of Individuality

Kliska,

Nehaniv

2024

Biomimetics

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Ever since Varela and Maturana proposed the concept of autopoiesis as the minimal requirement for life, there has been a focus on cellular systems that erect topological boundaries to separate themselves from their surrounding environment. Here, we reconsider whether the existence of such a spatial boundary is strictly necessary for self-producing entities. This work presents a novel computational model of a minimal autopoietic system inspired by dendrites and molecular dynamic simulations in three-dimensional space. A series of simulation experiments where the metabolic pathways of a particular autocatalytic set are successively inhibited until autocatalytic entities that could be considered autopoietic are produced. These entities maintain their distinctness in an environment containing multiple identical instances of the entities without the existence of a topological boundary. This gives rise to the concept of a metabolic boundary which manifests as emergent self-selection criteria for the processes of self-production without any need for unique identifiers. However, the adoption of such a boundary comes at a cost, as these autopoietic entities are less suited to their simulated environment than their autocatalytic counterparts. Finally, this work showcases a generalized metabolism-centered approach to the study of autopoiesis that can be applied to both physical and abstract systems alike.

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Autopoiesis and Eigenform

Cited by 2 publications

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Autocatalysis, Autopoiesis, and the Opportunity Cost of Individuality

Autocatalysis, Autopoiesis, and the Opportunity Cost of Individuality

Autocatalysis, Autopoiesis, and the Opportunity Cost of Individuality

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