MetaChem: An Algebraic Framework for Artificial Chemistries

Penelope Selina Margaret Faulkner Rainford; Susan Stepney; Angelika Anne-Marie Sebald

doi:10.1162/artl_a_00315

MetaChem: An Algebraic Framework for Artificial Chemistries

Penelope Selina Margaret Faulkner Rainford, Susan Stepney, Angelika Anne-Marie Sebald

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	arXiv:1905.12541
Number of pages	38
Journal	Artificial Life
Volume	26
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1162/artl_a_00315
Publication status	Published - 3 Jun 2020

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