- author = "David Basanta and Mark A. Miodownik and Peter J. Bentley and Elizabeth A. Holm",
- title = "Evolving and Growing Microstructures of Materials using Biologically Inspired CA",
- booktitle = "2004 NASA/DoD Conference on Evolvable Hardware",
- year = "2004",
- publisher = "IEEE Computer Society",
- editor = "RS Zebulum",
- pages = "275--275",
- address = "Seattle, Washington, USA",
- month = jun # " 24-26",
- keywords = "genetic algorithms, genetic programming",
- ISBN = "0-7695-2145-2",
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DOI = "
doi:10.1109/EH.2004.1310841",
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abstract = "The properties of engineering structures, such as
robotic arms, aircrafts or bridges, rely on the
properties of the materials used to build them. The
internal architecture of the material or microstructure
determines its properties and therefore, its study is
of great interest for engineers and material
scientists. Although there are tools that can provide
2D microstructural information, tools that can be used
to obtain 3D characterisations of microstructures for
routine analysis are not yet available to material
scientists.
In this paper we will describe Microconstructor. Microconstructor comprises a genetic algorithm that evolves populations of Cellular Automata inspired by developmental biology that self organise into 3D patterns that can be used for microstructural analysis.",
