title: A systemic approach for modeling biological evolution using Parallel DEVS.
abstract: A new model for studying the evolution of living organisms is proposed in this manuscript. The proposed model is based on a non-neodarwinian systemic approach. The model is focused on considering several controversies and open discussions about modern evolutionary biology. Additionally, a simplification of the proposed model, named EvoDEVS, has been mathematically described using the Parallel DEVS formalism and implemented as a computer program using the DEVSLib Modelica library. EvoDEVS serves as an experimental platform to study different conditions and scenarios by means of computer simulations. Two preliminary case studies are presented to illustrate the behavior of the model and validate its results. EvoDEVS is freely available at http://www.euclides.dia.uned.es.
authors.affiliation: Biocore S. Coop., Biological Cooperative Research, Zurbarán, 16, Collado Mediano, 28450 Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: daniel.heredia@biocore.es.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Heredia
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Automatic Control, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Juan del Rosal, 16, 28040 Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: vsanz@dia.uned.es.
authors.forename: Victorino
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sanz
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Automatic Control, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Juan del Rosal, 16, 28040 Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: aurquia@dia.uned.es.
authors.forename: Alfonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Urquia
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, UAM, Darwin, 2, Campus Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: maximo.sandin@uam.es.
authors.forename: Máximo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sandín
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D008954:Models, Biological
keywords: Evolution; Evolutionary potentiation; Modelica; Punctuated equilibria; Simulation