The kind of insight you propose is in fact the way we'd like
to explore and since our domain is not the science of biology or its
branches, your ideas and suggestions are very helpful not only to
investigate another potential AI technique but also to model and achieve a
better understanding of these organizations nature.
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Dayna Baumeister
Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 22:33
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Subject: RE: biomimetics for space allocation?
>Dario Landa wrote:
>
>The optimization criteria here is the optimal space utilization and
>satisfaction of requirements contraints,
>i.e. given the areas of space with different sizes,
>the objects must be allocated in a way suchj that each
>objetc obtains the needed space, no space is overused
>or wasted and mayeb some objects might have a preference
>for certain locations, proximity to others, adjacency,
>and what is more, maybe the areas of space could be susceptible of
>modification as a result.
>
>However, the highly constrained the problem is, there are
>still two main objectives: allocation of all objects, and
>optimum space utilization.
Since you're looking for "tangible" space utilization, what about
looking at organisms with spatial limits, e.g. corals, barnacles,
sponges. In general, sessile organisms, even plants might provide
some insight. Intraspecific space utilization would probably be more
helpful that interspecific as influencing factors will be relatively
less. I don't know of any work in this area, but its worth a look.
Also, what about space allocation within an organism, either at the
organ/tissue level or the cellular level? e.g. how are cells packed?
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