We proposed a novel model of morphology discovery and repair based on cell-cell communication. We tested the mechanism against different rates of random cell death and showed that this mechanism was capable of maintaining a Planarian-like structure indefinitely.
@inproceedings{ferreiraetal16alife,
title={Dynamic Structure Discovery and Repair for 3D Cell Assemblages},
author={Giordano B. S. Ferreira and Max Smiley and Matthias Scheutz and Mike Levin},
year={2016},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems (ALIFEXV)},
url={https://hrilab.tufts.edu/publications/ferreiraetal16alife.pdf}
}