Authors:
André Stauffer
1
and
Joël Rossier
2
Affiliations:
1
Ecole polytechnique fédérale, Switzerland
;
2
Logic Systems Laboratory, Ecole Polytechique Fédérale (EPFL), Switzerland
Keyword(s):
Bio-inspiration, Configuration, Cloning, Cicatrization, Regeneration.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Biomedical Engineering
;
Biomedical Signal Processing
;
Evolutionary Systems
;
Real-Time Systems
Abstract:
Living organisms are endowed with three structural principles: multicellular architecture, cellular division, and cellular differentiation. Implemented in digital according to these principles, our DSP circuits present self-organizing mechanisms like configuration, cloning, cicatrization, and regeneration. These mechanisms are made of simple processes such as growth, load, branching, repair, reset, and kill. The description of a configurable molecule implementing the self-organizing mechanisms and its application to a multiplier function constitute the core of this paper.