Evolutionary simulations of autopoietic cells with cognition

Abstract

The minimal requirements for life are autopoiesis and cognition. We propose autopoietic models with cognition and perform three classes of evolutionary simulation. In our models the plasticity of the metabolic cycle and the regulation function of the membrane are the bases for the cognition. The cognitive cells show the adaptation and the evolution. The environment also shows the evolution via the interaction with the system of cells. This is a prototype of the co-evolution of the living system and its environment.