Self-assembly is a phenomenon observed in nature at all scales where autonomous entities
build complex structures, without external influences nor centralised master plan. Modelling …

Self-assembly is a distributed, asynchronous mechanism that is pervasive across natural
systems where hierarchical complex structures are built from the bottom-up. The lack of a …

In this chapter we explore various facets of the interplay between natural computing and self-
assembly as they pertain to automated self-assembling programming. In particular we focus …

In a previous work we have reported on the evolutionary design optimisation of self-
assembling Wang tiles capable of arranging themselves together into a target structure …

The field of algorithmic self-assembly is concerned with the design and analysis of self-
assembly systems from a computational perspective, that is, from the perspective of …

Self-organisation is a distributed and asynchronous process in which global pattern or
behaviour emerge from local components of the system. Neither central control nor external …

Tile self-assembly systems serve as models of DNA molecules designed to act as foursided
building units that can self-assemble to various shapes. Research on the design of such …

The field of unconventional computing considers the possibility of implementing
computational devices using novel paradigms and materials to produce computers which …

Self-assembly and self-replication are the main common thematic features of living
organism. The life of most living organisms bases on biomolecular systems such as DNA …

Building artificial systems using self-assembly is one of the main issues of artificial life [17].
Scientists are trying to understand this process either using experimental approaches or …