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  • Computational intelligence and bio-inspired robotics.
  • Artificial control systems and evolutionary algorithms.

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  • Controllers for biological or artificial organisms, such as bio-inspired cellular robots, rely on processes to drive their dynamics.
  • A key desirable property for successful controllers is the capability to generate diverse output patterns and behaviors, enabling adaptability and task completion.
  • Understanding and quantifying diversity generation is crucial for advancing controller design, particularly within evolutionary computation frameworks.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the capability of generating diverse behaviors in controllers at individual and population levels.
  • To introduce quantitative measures for assessing diversity generation within control systems.
  • To evaluate the influence of different types of processes on diversity generation in a reaction-diffusion-based controller.

Main Methods:

  • Introduced novel measures for quantifying diversity generation in controller systems.
  • Studied the artificial homeostatic hormone system (AHHS), a reaction-diffusion-based controller, comprising various internal and external processes.
  • Investigated different combinations of AHHS processes to assess their impact on diversity at individual and population levels.
  • Conducted a case study involving the evolution of a multimodular AHHS controller to demonstrate the practical relevance of diversity measures.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated that different combinations of processes significantly influence diversity generation in the AHHS controller.
  • Quantified the effects of various processes, showing distinct influences on individual and population-level behavioral diversity.
  • Validated the relevance of the developed diversity generation measures through a case study of evolving an AHHS controller.

Conclusions:

  • The type and combination of processes critically impact the diversity generation capabilities of controllers like AHHS.
  • The introduced diversity measures are effective tools for evaluating and guiding the design of adaptable and evolvable controllers.
  • Findings provide insights into optimizing controller design for complex tasks through strategic process selection and parameterization.