Sara Montagna, Nicola Donati, Andrea Omicini
Harold Fellermann, Mark Dörr, Martin M. Hanczyc, Lone Ladegaard Laursen, Sarah Maurer, Daniel Merkle, Pierre-Alain Monnard, Kasper Stoy, Steen Rasmussen (eds.)
“Artificial Life XII”, chapter 21, pages 110-117
The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, USA
19-23 August 2010
The hierarchical organisation of biological systems plays a crucial role in the pattern formation of gene expression resulting from the morphogenetic processes. Being able to reproduce the systems dynamics at different levels of such a hierarchy might be very useful for studying such a complex phenomenon of self-organisation. In this paper we propose the adoption of the agent-based model as an approach capable of capture multi-level dynamics. We then realise an agent-based model of ~Drosophila Melanogaster~ morphogenesis demonstrating its capability of reproducing the expression pattern of the embryo. |
Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems, 19-23 August 2010, Odense, Denmark