Title :
Feedback model inspired by biological development to hierarchically design complex structure
Author :
Ohntishi, K. ; Takagi, Hideyuki
Author_Institution :
Kyushu Inst. of Design, Fukuoka, Japan
Abstract :
We propose a new feedback system, the BiDevelopment System-inspired by the development mechanism of Drosophila-and discuss possible computer graphics and data compression applications. Drosophila´s development forms complex organs from a fertilized egg by hierarchically diffusing different protein densities roughly among cells during the earlier stages and minutely during the later stages. The proposed system models this mechanism and realizes a hierarchical rough-to-detailed or simple-to-complex design, and vice versa. Unlike many conventional feedback systems, it is possible to embed our intended rough design into the mechanism, which is the most significant feature of the proposed system. We compare the BiDevelopment System to biological development with analogies, explain two example algorithms, create complex images from a simple seed code, and discuss its opposite application, data compression
Keywords :
artificial life; biocybernetics; feedback; BiDevelopment System; Drosophila; biological development; feedback system; feedback systems; Art; Bioinformatics; Biological information theory; Biological system modeling; Computer graphics; Data compression; Feedback; Genomics; Protein engineering; Uniform resource locators;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 2000 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nashville, TN
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6583-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.2000.886585