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Homeostasis and rein control: from Daisyworld to active perception

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posted on 2023-06-08, 09:23 authored by Inman HarveyInman Harvey
Homeostasis refers to the ability of organisms to maintain vital properties, such as body temperature, within a zone of viability, or of comfort, and the Gaia Hypothesis proposes that the Earth with its biota acts as a homeostatic whole. The Daisyworld model was proposed as one possible mechanism for providing this homeostatic regulation. Here a new and much simplified version of this model is presented, demonstrating that the combination of any `Hat function with any feedback, positive or negative, can lead to homeostasis through `Rein Control. This principle is so general that it can be extended to other domains such as active perception, here demonstrated in a simulated robot.

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Publication status

  • Published

Publisher

MIT Press

Page range

309-314

Pages

6.0

Presentation Type

  • paper

Event name

Ninth International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems (ALIFE 9)

Event type

conference

ISBN

0-262-66183-7

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  • Informatics Publications

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  • No

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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