[Swarmfest2007] Submission presentation in SwarmFest 2007
From:
Paulo Urbano
Subject:
[Swarmfest2007] Submission presentation in SwarmFest 2007
Date:
Sat, 2 Jun 2007 07:20:52 +0100
I woul like to submit for SwarmFest 2007 this (preferred oral) presentation:
Abstract:
We will present work made in the area of Artificial Art, specifically
in the area of Swarm Art and which is implemented in Netlogo. Our goal
is to look for innovative patterns and forms using techniques based on
Swarm Intelligence. We will describe a progression in the construction
of decentralized micro-painters groups with different mechanisms and
levels of coordination. We explore artificial collective artistic work
inspired by natural phenomena, namely the use of pheromone substances
for mass recruitment in ants. Our goal is to look for innovative
patterns using techniques derived from Artificial Life. We will begin
to describe the Colombines model. The Colombines are a society of
anonymous, with local perception and homogeneous artificial
micro-painters. In the Colombines model the virtual canvas, besides
being a computational space for depositing paint, is also a pheromone
medium, mirroring the painting patterns and influencing the painters'
behaviour. The micro-painters do not exchange information directly with
each other, they are simply attracted towards non-painting areas of the
canvas—the non-painted "tableaux" patches diffuse an "environmental
produced" chemical and the painters prefer to follow the chemical
gradient. Thus, this form of stigmergic communication simply influences
the artistic agents movements and the unexpected and surprising
resulting patterns. We will play some variations on the Colombines
model. First we will reverse the "tableaux" patches behaviour and
generate patterns that result from painters attracted to painted spots
(the Anti-Colombines). Then we will introduce mimetism. We will expand
the Colombines basic model adding direct communication between the
micro-artists: they will imitate the colour of others. In the first
variation, they will imitate the colour of who ever they interact with
and in the second one they will have a force attribute and colour
imitation will depend on the force relationship between them. See http://www.di.fc.ul.pt/~pub/Evo07
for Colombines patterns and to create paintings with Netlogo applet.
Name: Paulo Urbano
Filliation:
Departamento de Informática
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
Adress:
Departamento de Informática
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
Edifício C6
Campo Grande
1749-016 Lisboa
Portugal