CELLSIM: An Artificial Life Model Inspired by the Basic Single-Cell Organism

Abstract: In this paper, we have tried to propose a model for an artificial life system based on the basic biological principles of cells. The two key concepts in this modeling are “cell” and “environment”. The cell takes in its vital materials from the environment, and changes its location if necessary. In this simulation, generally, one cell starts its life in the environment, and if the conditions are suitable, the cell reproduces new cells, and so on. Therefore, after a while, a population of cells will be living in the environment, and performing life activities (e.g. feeding, moving and reproduction) until the environment circumstances make them die. There are several parameters related to the cell and environment affecting the simulation such as the amount of food available in the environment and the cell energy consumption due to movement. We report some results of the CellSim, an implementation of this model, and discuss how the environment and the cell parameters affect the simulation