NDLI: Random choice in amorphous processes

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Stark, W. Richard
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	I prove that the natural multicellular environment requires random scheduling of cell activity in order to successfully execute arbitrary amorphous programs. This proof uses an unusual new method of constructing amorphous programs. Amorphous processes model natural multicellular information processing and so it is finite in most respects. Thus it is surprising that a non-computable operation (random choice for cell activity) is an essential part of the formalism’s interpretation. The necessary randomness could originate in thermodynamic events. To the extent that amorphous processes successfully model multicellular biological information processing, this result suggests that there is something essential to the processes of life and evolution that lies just beyond Turing computability.
Starting Page	649
Ending Page	653
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISSN	15677818
Journal	Natural Computing
Volume Number	14
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	15729796
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2014-10-04
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Amorphous processes Random schedule Pseudorandom schedule Theory of Computation Evolutionary Biology Processor Architectures Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics) Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Computer Science Applications

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Random choice in amorphous processes