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Alexander O Gusev1, Leonid M Martyushev1,2
1Technical Physics Department, Ural Federal University, 19 Mira St., 620002 Ekaterinburg, Russia.
Entropy (Basel, Switzerland)
|April 3, 2021
Summary
Evolutionary agents develop strategies based on thermodynamics. The universal principle discovered is not a specific strategy, but maximizing total energy dissipation, linking Darwinian evolution with maximum entropy production.
Area of Science:
- Thermodynamics
- Evolutionary Biology
- Complex Systems
Background:
- Evolutionary models often simplify energy strategies.
- Thermodynamic principles offer a general framework for understanding life.
- Competition and environmental non-equilibrium drive evolutionary dynamics.
Purpose of the Study:
- To model the evolution of agents with diverse energy strategies.
- To identify a universal principle governing evolutionary success.
- To explore the connection between evolutionary principles and thermodynamics.
Main Methods:
- A simplified model incorporating selection, inheritance, and variability.
- Simulation of competing agents with different energy strategies.
- Analysis of evolutionary outcomes under non-equilibrium conditions.
Main Results:
- Evolutionary direction emerges under non-equilibrium conditions.
- Specific successful strategies vary with environmental conditions.
- Maximum total energy dissipation by agents becomes the successful strategy under high competition.
Conclusions:
- The principle of maximizing energy dissipation is universal, not a specific strategy.
- This finding connects Darwin-Wallace evolution with the maximum entropy production principle.
- Thermodynamic concepts provide a powerful lens for evolutionary studies.
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