Faulkner Rainford, Penelope Selina Margaret, Stepney, Susan orcid.org/0000-0003-3146-5401 and Sebald, Angelika Anne-Marie orcid.org/0000-0001-7966-7438 (2020) MetaChem: An Algebraic Framework for Artificial Chemistries. Artificial Life. arXiv:1905.12541. ISSN 1064-5462
Abstract
We introduce MetaChem, a language for representing and implementing Artificial Chemistries. We motivate the need for modularisation and standardisation in representation of artificial chemistries. We describe a mathematical formalism for Static Graph MetaChem, a static graph based system. MetaChem supports different levels of description, and has a formal description; we illustrate these using StringCatChem, a toy artificial chemistry. We describe two existing Artificial Chemistries -- Jordan Algebra AChem and Swarm Chemistries -- in MetaChem, and demonstrate how they can be combined in several different configurations by using a MetaChem environmental link. MetaChem provides a route to standardisation, reuse, and composition of Artificial Chemistries and their tools.
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Chemistry (York) The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Computer Science (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 03 Oct 2019 10:50 |
Last Modified: | 06 Dec 2023 13:21 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1162/artl_a_00315 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1162/artl_a_00315 |
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