Temporal Resolution in Coevolution Towards Creating the Molecules of Life in Silico

In order to have an artificial life system with high evolvability, we should not only look for life-like organisms, but also the molecules that are able to create them. From this point of view, a new trend has appeared that coevolves machine instruction set and programs together, hoping to reach a more complex life and a higher diversity. However, we argue that simple coevolution of programs and instruction set can become problematic. We suggest using different temporal resolutions between the two evolutions to alleviate the problem. Our simulation results indicate that this approach and improve coevolution's performance. KeywordsAssembler Automata, Coevolution, Tierra, Artificial Life.