Evolutionary feedback

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Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors. We propose that the evolution of hormonal pheromones is affected by two fundamentally different factors intrinsic and extrinsic. Intrinsic factors are exclusively associated with interactions between or among conspecifics (i.e. intrinsic to a species pheromonal functions), and would include aspects such as the rate and mode of release of hormonal products by donors, and the sensitivity and specificity with which these products are detected by receivers. Thus, intrinsic factors are directly associated with the origins and continued existence of hormonal pheromones and are subject to evolutionary feedback as a consequence of their actions. 

Figure 5. A scheme depicting the principle of evolutionary feedback.

Finally, as we have discussed, oscillatory behavior, in association with feedback phenomena and autocatalysis, has been utilized by Eigen to develop a theory of evolution which, in conjuction with the evolutionary feedback principle of Prigogine (see Chapter 2) involving increasing dissipation, may represent a model for biological evolution. 

Each individual results in a genome capable of developing into a fully grown individual. After development, the fitness can be calculated and the evolutionary process gets its feedback. The following example explains the development process of a "good" individual evolved by Dellaert.10... 

Representation requires that the designer of a typical evolutionary computation algorithm (EA) formulates one inadaptable blueprint for the solution of some problem, then present the variables of that blueprint in a form that is amenable to manipulation by the genetic operators of the EA. Fitness evaluation, on the other hand, has limited GA in two distinct ways (1) it has limited environmental feedback to the confines of a formula or algorithm, which reflects accurately and exclusively the quality of the complete candidate solution from the perspective of the human designer. In addition, (2) fitness evaluation has proven to be the most computationally costly part of a typical EA. Note that elaborate developmental mappings actually increase that computational cost. However, our interest here lies in the limiting effects of representation. 

Baumert, T., Brixner, T., SeyMed, V., Strehle, M., and Gerber, G. 1997. Femtosecond pulse shaping by an evolutionary algorithm with feedback. Appl. Phys. B-Lasers Opt. 65 (6) 779-82. 

Figure 13.6 Schematic setup of Assion et al. experiment [43], Femtosecond laser pulses are modified in a computer-controlled pulse shaper. Ionic fragments from molecular photodissofy ciation are recorded with a reflection time of flight mass spectrometer. This signal is used directly as feedback in the controlling evolutionary computer algorithm to optimize branching ratios of photochemical reactions. (Taken from Fig. 1, Ref. [43].)...

Gain ratio 17 r can be calculated at a reference force ratio, such as xopt, which is a natural steady-state force ratio of oxidative phosphorylation. This is seen as a result of the adaptation of oxidative phosphorylation to various metabolic conditions and also as a result of the thermodynamic buffering of reactions catalyzed by enzymes. The experimentally observed linearity of several energy converters operating far from equilibrium may be due to enzymatic feedback regulations with an evolutionary drive towards higher efficiency. 

First, they provide self-regulation to the star formation process—this is the feedback required by theorists (e.g. Efstathiou 2000 Binney, Gerhard, Silk 2001) for realistic galaxy formation models. Galactic winds may well be the key factor at the root of the evolutionary sequence for LBGs just discussed ( 4.4). 

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