GENOMIC CONTROL OF AGENT MORPHOGENESIS IN A PHYSICALLY CORRECT VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT

Based on the analysis of the morphogenesis process of real biological organisms, the basic principles are formulated for the simulation of genomic control of the morphogenesis of a virtual agent in a physically correct environment. A model of the genome of a compound agent's body composed of different functional subsystems is developed. A timing algorithm for genetically conditioned processes of regeneration and division of agent's microcells is developed. The problem of forming agents with a morphology that is locally optimal for a given environment is formulated as a multi-generation optimization problem in a genetic algorithm. The fitness function is defined as the life duration of agents. Constraints are connected with the physical correctness of an environment and an energy deficit in the environment. Agent genomes are considered as chromosomes in the genetic algorithm.