- author = "Pablo J. Funes and Jordan B. Pollack",
- title = "Componential Structural Simulator",
- institution = "Computer Science, Brandeis University",
- year = "1998",
- type = "Technical Report",
- number = "CS-98-198",
- address = "415 South St., Waltham MA 02254 USA",
- keywords = "genetic algorithms, genetic programming",
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URL = "
http://www.demo.cs.brandeis.edu/papers/cs98-198.pdf",
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abstract = "Our componential structural simulator procedure
provides an approximate simulation that predicts
resistance of structures made of modular components.
The simulation focuses on torque strains and is able to
predict stability of a structure whose breakage depends
on torque stress.
Structures that can be described in this fashion include those made out of building toy bricks such as Lego bricks, a well-known type of snap-on toy bricks, which we have used in our initial applications.
The model could be applied to many other kinds of structures made out of modular components. It is a prediction tool that can be programmed in a computer and used to test the stability of a structure before proceeding to its construction.",
- notes = "not about GP but about part of fitness function used in GP experiments, eg in \cite{funes_alife}",
- size = "17 pages",
