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| Title |
The Minimal Complexity of Adapting Agents Increases with Fitness
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLoS Computational Biology, July 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003111 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Nikhil J. Joshi, Giulio Tononi, Christof Koch |
| Abstract |
What is the relationship between the complexity and the fitness of evolved organisms, whether natural or artificial? It has been asserted, primarily based on empirical data, that the complexity of plants and animals increases as their fitness within a particular environment increases via evolution by natural selection. We simulate the evolution of the brains of simple organisms living in a planar maze that they have to traverse as rapidly as possible. Their connectome evolves over 10,000s of generations. We evaluate their circuit complexity, using four information-theoretical measures, including one that emphasizes the extent to which any network is an irreducible entity. We find that their minimal complexity increases with their fitness. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 6 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2 | 33% |
| Portugal | 1 | 17% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 17% |
| United States | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 1 | 17% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 67% |
| Scientists | 2 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 109 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 7% |
| Canada | 2 | 2% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Turkey | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 96 | 88% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 28 | 26% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 24 | 22% |
| Professor | 14 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 10% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 9 | 8% |
| Other | 17 | 16% |
| Unknown | 6 | 6% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 31 | 28% |
| Computer Science | 18 | 17% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 12 | 11% |
| Neuroscience | 10 | 9% |
| Engineering | 7 | 6% |
| Other | 21 | 19% |
| Unknown | 10 | 9% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 23. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 January 2019.
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#1,686,845
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Outputs from PLoS Computational Biology
#1,420
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#13,903
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Outputs of similar age from PLoS Computational Biology
#12
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