Self-replicating loop with universal construction

被引:41
作者
Mange, D [1 ]
Stauffer, A [1 ]
Petraglio, E [1 ]
Tempesti, G [1 ]
机构
[1] Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Log Syst Lab, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
关键词
self-replication; universal construction; universal computation; cellular automaton; artificial cell division;
D O I
10.1016/j.physd.2003.11.003
中图分类号
O29 [应用数学];
学科分类号
070104 ;
摘要
After a survey of the theory and some realizations of self-replicating machines, this paper presents a novel self-replicating loop endowed with universal construction properties. Based on the hardware implementation of the so-called Tom Thumb algorithm, the design of this loop leads to a new kind of cellular automaton made of a processing and a control units. The self-replication of the "LSL" acronym serves as an artificial cell division example of the loop and results in a new and straightforward. methodology for the self-replication of computing machines of any dimensions. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:178 / 192
页数:15
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