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The Minimal Complexity of Adapting Agents Increases with Fitness

Joshi, Nikhil J.
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Tononi, Giulio
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Koch, Christof
2013
PLoS Computational Biology

What is the relationship between the complexity and the fitness of evolved organisms, whether natural or artificial? It has been asserted, primarily based on empirical data, that the complexity of plants and animals increases as their fitness within a particular environment increases via evolution by natural selection. We simulate the evolution of the brains of simple organisms living in a planar maze that they have to traverse as rapidly as possible. Their connectome evolves over 10,000s of generations. We evaluate their circuit complexity, using four information-theoretical measures, including one that emphasizes the extent to which any network is an irreducible entity. We find that their minimal complexity increases with their fitness.

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DOI
10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003111
Web of Science ID

WOS:000322320200005

Author(s)
Joshi, Nikhil J.
Tononi, Giulio
Koch, Christof
Date Issued

2013

Publisher

Public Library Science

Published in
PLoS Computational Biology
Volume

9

Issue

7

Article Number

e1003111

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

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October 1, 2013
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