In this paper, we discuss our reasoning and progress in adding a mapping between information and enzymatic function to our Molecular Classifier System (MCS). MCS takes a bottom-up approach to building artificial bio-chemical networks. Unlike Holland’s LCS system, which it is loosely based on, MCS has no overt demarcation between rules and messages. In our previous work, we explored a version of this Artifical Chemistry which had an impoverished interaction scheme. While this system did present some interesting results, it had very limited potential for evolving greater complexity. We present here a mechanism for enriching the reaction rules used in our Artificial Chemistry. This mechanism is analagous to the folding of RNA to an enzymatically active form. To date, we have examined in detail the evolutionary trajectories of single reactors populated with this modified Artifical Chemistry and the results of this work are presented here.
['Ciarán Kelly', 'Barry McMullin', "Darragh O'Brien"]
Enrichment of Interaction Rules in a String-Based Artificial Chemistry