Olivier Del Fabbro

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Del Fabbro

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Olivier

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Automatic Programming of Cellular Automata and Artificial Neural Networks Guided by Philosophy
Christen, Patrik; Del Fabbro, Olivier (2019)
arXiv
Many computer models such as cellular automata have been developed and successfully applied. However, in some cases these models might be restrictive on the possible solutions or their solution is difficult to interpret. To overcome this problem, we outline an approach, the so-called allagmatic method, that automatically creates and programs models with as little limitations as possible but still maintaining human interpretability. We earlier described a meta-model and its building blocks according to the philosophical concepts of structure (spatial dimension) and operation (temporal dimension). They are entity, milieu, and update function that together abstractly describe the meta-model. By automatically combining these building blocks, new models can potentially be created in an evolutionary computation. We propose generic and object-oriented programming to implement the entities and their milieus as dynamic and generic arrays and the update function as a method. We show two experiments where a simple cellular automaton and an artificial neural network are automatically created and programmed. A target state is successfully evolved and learned in the cellular automaton and artificial neural network, respectively. We conclude that the allagmatic method can create and program cellular automaton and artificial neural network models in an automated manner.
Gemeinsam im Gitterkäfig der Materialschlacht
Del Fabbro, Olivier (2024)
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Automatic Programming of Cellular Automata and Artificial Neural Networks Guided by Philosophy
Christen, Patrik; Del Fabbro, Olivier (2020)
Studies in Systems, Decision and Control ~ New Trends in Business Information Systems and Technology
Many computer models have been developed and successfully applied. However, in some cases, these models might be restrictive on the possible solutions or their solutions might be difficult to interpret. To overcome this problem, we outline a new approach, the so-called allagmatic method, that automatically programs and executes models with as little limitations as possible while maintaining human interpretability. Earlier we described a metamodel and its building blocks according to the philosophical concepts of structure and operation. They are entity, milieu, and update function that together abstractly describe a computer model. By automatically combining these building blocks in an evolutionary computation, interpretability might be increased by the relationship to the metamodel, and models might be translated into more interpretable models via the metamodel. We propose generic and object-oriented programming to implement the entities and their milieus as dynamic and generic arrays and the update function as a method. We show two experiments where a simple cellular automaton and an artificial neural network are automatically programmed, compiled, and executed. A target state is successfully reached in both cases. We conclude that the allagmatic method can create and execute cellular automaton and artificial neural network models in an automated manner with the guidance of philosophy.
Individualisation/Interaktion
Del Fabbro, Olivier (2019)
Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion. Handbuch zu Geschichte – Kultur – Ethik
Der permanente Krieg sichert die Macht
Del Fabbro, Olivier (2024)
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Gebt mir einen Virus und ich werde die Welt aus den Angeln heben – ein philosophischer Kommentar
Del Fabbro, Olivier (2020)
COVID-19 – Ein Virus nimmt Einfluss auf unsere Psyche. Einschätzungen und Maßnahmen aus psychologischer Perspektive
Skills, Scalpels and Robots: The Surgeon as Technician
Del Fabbro, Olivier; Muller, Xavier (2021)
Philosophy of Medicine
According to Aristotle, medical practice relies on practical knowledge to care for individual patients. This is especially true for surgery, where the surgeon directly acts on a patient using not only technical skills but also acquired experience. We first describe the surgeon’s technical activity, which is directly linked to surgical tools and their historical evolution. Second, given that surgical activity aims at treating patients, we analyze which techniques and concurrent knowledge the surgeon must rely on to perform successful surgical operations. These characteristics are analyzed by using concepts from philosophy of technologies by André Leroi-Gourhan, Gilbert Simondon and John Dewey.
Philosophieren mit Objekten
Del Fabbro, Olivier (2021)
Gilbert Simondons Schaffen wird an erster Stelle mit der Technikphilosophie in Verbindung gebracht. Allerdings hat er sich nicht nur intensiv mit den naturwissenschaftlichen Texten seiner Zeit auseinandergesetzt, er hat auch selbst technische Objekte, zum Beispiel Verbrennungsmotoren und Elektronenröhren, gesammelt, auseinandergebaut und analysiert. Nur so lässt sich nach Simondon jeder einzelnen Individuation – sei sie technisch, physikalisch, biologisch, psychisch oder sozial – ein Platz im Kulturpluralismus zuweisen. Olivier Del Fabbro kristallisiert Simondons eigentümliche Methode des Philosophierens mit Objekten heraus. Das Buch bietet erstmals eine umfassende Darstellung Simondons Gesamtwerkes und attestiert ihm ein neues Philosophieverständnis: die Prozessontologie.
Philosophy-Guided Modelling and Implementation of Adaptation and Control in Complex Systems
Del Fabbro, Olivier; Christen, Patrik (2022)
2022 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN)
Control was from its very beginning an important concept in cybernetics. Later on, with the works of W. Ross Ashby, for example, biological concepts such as adaptation were interpreted in the light of cybernetic systems theory. Adaptation is the process by which a system is capable of regulating or controlling itself in order to adapt to changes of its inner and outer environment maintaining a homeostatic state. In earlier works we have developed a system metamodel that on the one hand refers to cybernetic concepts such as structure, operation, and system, and on the other to the philosophy of individuation of Gilbert Simondon. The result is the so-called allagmatic method that is capable of creating concrete models of systems such as artificial neural networks and cellular automata starting from abstract building blocks. In this paper, we add to our already existing method the cybernetic concepts of control and especially adaptation. In regard to the system metamodel, we rely again on philosophical theories, this time the philosophy of organism of Alfred N. Whitehead. We show how these new meta-theoretical concepts are described formally and how they are implemented in program code. We also show what role they play in simple experiments. We conclude that philosophical abstract concepts help to better understand the process of creating computer models and their control and adaptation. In the outlook we discuss how the allagmatic method needs to be extended in order to cover the field of complex systems and Norbert Wiener's ideas on control.
Adaptation in a System Metamodel for Evolutionary Computation
Christen, Patrik; Del Fabbro, Olivier (2020)
arXiv
Complex systems are difficult to model and analyse with traditional mathematics, e.g. analytically solving differential equations. To better understand such systems, we recently presented a system metamodel to provide an algorithmic alternative to analytical methods and were able to create simulations of complex systems modelled as cellular automata and artificial neural networks. In this study we extend our system metamodel with the concept of adaption in order to integrate evolutionary computation in our so-called allagmatic method. Adaption is described in the context of our system metamodel and the allagmatic method, defined and implemented, and computational experiments with cellular automata and artificial neural networks performed. We find that the system metamodel of the allagmatic method integrates adaptation with an additional operation called adaptation function that operates on the update function, which encodes the system's dynamics. It allows the creation of evolutionary computations by providing an abstract template for adaptation and guidance for implementation with the system metamodel. The creation of the system metamodel was first inspired by abstract concepts of the philosophy of individuation of Gilbert Simondon. The theoretical background for the concept of adaptation in this study is taken from the philosophy of organism of Alfred North Whitehead.

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