title: Is it the right ansatz?
abstract: This article is a response to Rasmussen et al. [Artificial Life, 7, 329-350], in which the authors suggest that, within a particular simulation "framework," there is a tight correspondence between the complexity of the primitive objects and the emergence of dynamical hierarchies. As an example they report a two-dimensional artificial chemistry that supports the spontaneous emergence of micellar structures, which they classify as third-order structures. We report in this article that essentially comparable phenomena can be produced with relatively simpler primitive objects. We also question the order classification of the micellar structures.
authors.affiliation: RINCE, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gross
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: McMullin
mesh_terms: D008823:Micelles; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics
chemical_list: D008823:Micelles