Abstract
This paper explores strategies for slowing the onset of convergence in an evolving population of agents. The strategies include the emergent maintenance of separate agent sub-populations and migration between them, and the introduction of virtual diseases that co-evolve parasitically within their hosts. The method looks to Artificial Life and epidemiology for its inspiration but its ultimate concerns are in studying epidemics as a process suitable for application to generative electronic art. The simulation is used to construct a prototype artwork for a fully interactive stereoscopic virtual-reality environment to be exhibited in a science museum.
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Yaeger, L.: Computational Genetics, Physiology, Metabolism, Neural Systems, Learning, Vision and Behavior or Polyworld: Life in a New Context. Artificial Life III, pp. 263–298. Addison-Wesley, Reading (1992)
Todd, P.M.: Artificial Death. Jahresing 41 (German modern art yearbook), pp. 90–107 (1994)
Mascaro, S., Korb, K.B., Nicholson, A.E.: Suicide as an Evolutionary Stable Strategy. In: 6th European Conference on Advances In Artificial Life, Prague, pp. 120–133. Springer, Heidelberg (2001)
Ray, T.S.: An Approach to the Synthesis of Life, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Artificial Life II, pp. 371–408. Addison-Wesley, Reading (1990)
Cartlidge, J., Bullock, S.: Caring Versus Sharing: How to Maintain Engagement and Diversity in Coevolving Populations. In: 7th European Conference on Artificial Life, Dortmund, Germany, pp. 299–308. Springer, Heidelberg (2003)
Hillis, W.D.: Co-Evolving Parasites Improve Simulated Evolution as an Optimization Procedure, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Artificial Life II, pp. 313–324. Addison-Wesley, Reading (1990)
Boeckl, C.M.: Images of Plague and Pestilence: Iconography and Iconology. Truman State University Press Kirksville (2000)
Wolbert, K.: Memento Mori: Der Tod Als Thema Der Kunst Vom Mittelalter Bis Zur Gegenwart. Das Landesmuseum Darmstadt (1984)
Atkins, R., Sokolowski, T.W.: From Media to Metaphor: Art About Aids. Independent Curators Incorporated New York (1991)
Dorin, A.: The Virtual Ecosystem as Generative Electronic Art. In: 2nd European Workshop on Evolutionary Music and Art, Applications of Evolutionary Computing: EvoWorkshops 2004, Coimbra, Portugal, pp. 467–476. Springer, Heidelberg (2004)
Ackerman, E., Elvebeck, L.R., Fox, J.P.: Simulation of Infectious Disease Epidemics. Charles C Thomas Springfield, Illinois (1984)
Bailey, N.T.J.: The Mathematical Theory of Infectious Diseases and Its Applications. 2. Charles Griffin & Company London (1975)
Willox, R., Grammaticos, B., Carstea, A.S., Ramani, A.: Epidemic Dynamics: Discrete-Time and Cellular Automaton Models. Physica A 328, 13–22 (2003)
Martins, M.L., Ceotto, G., Alves, S.G., Bufon, C.C.B., Silva, J.M., Laranjeira, F.F.: A Cellular Automata Model for Citrus Variagated Chlorosis, p. 10, (2000) eprint arXiv: cond-mat/0008203
Pilot Projects for Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study (Midas). Webpage. National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) (Accessed, October 2004), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-GM-03-008.html
Kermack, W.O., McKendrick, A.G.: Contributions to the Mathematical Theory of Epidemics. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London 115, 700–721 (1927)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2005 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this paper
Cite this paper
Dorin, A. (2005). Artificial Life, Death and Epidemics in Evolutionary, Generative Electronic Art. In: Rothlauf, F., et al. Applications of Evolutionary Computing. EvoWorkshops 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3449. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-32003-6_45
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-32003-6_45
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-540-25396-9
Online ISBN: 978-3-540-32003-6
eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)