Host: The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence
Name : The 27th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, 2013
Number : 27
Location : [in Japanese]
Date : June 04, 2013 - June 07, 2013
Many systems, including biological metabolism and prebiotic chemistry, can be modelled using the formalism of chemical reaction networks. An important quetion is, under what circumstances can such systems generate novelty and complexity? Here we investigate the effect of conservation laws (i.e. the inability of chemical reactions to create or destroy individual atoms) and the second law of thermodynamics on the topology of such networks. This research will give insights into the emergence of complexity in physical systems in general, and the origins of life in particular.
