Abstract: Since von Neumann's seminal work around 1950, computer scientists and others have studied the algorithms needed to support self-replicating systems. Much of this wor...
Self-replicating loops presented to date are essentially worlds unto themselves, inaccessible to the observer once the replication process is launched. In this article we present t...
Understanding self-replication from an information processing perspective is important because, amongother things, it can shed light on molecular mechanismsof biological reproduct...
James A. Reggia, Hui-Hsien Chou, Steven L. Armentr...
The study of self-replicating structures in Computer Science has been taking place for more than half a century, motivated by the desire to understand the fundamental principles a...
— The ability to self-replicate is one of the distinctive features of living organisms. Robots capable of self-replication would have a profound impact on the field of robotics ...
Steven Eno, Lauren Mace, Jianyi Liu, Brian Benson,...