We propose a framework for engineering emergent behaviour that allows system specification and design at the level of the emergence. We discuss how rule migration can be used to translate this high-level multi-layer design (mobile process model) into a simple cellular automaton model with only local rules, from which the behaviour can be described as emergent. In this paper, we use a case study in 2D to illustrate the process involved in deriving a migration rule for a simple random walk. To conclude, we discuss how the mobile process architecture may be extended to model systems with multiple levels of emergence.
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@inproceedings(SS-UC-ECAL05, author = "Heather Turner and Susan Stepney", title = "Rule Migration: Exploring a design framework for modelling emergence in {CA}-like systems", crossref = "UC-ECAL05" ) @proceedings(UC-ECAL05, title = "ECAL Workshop on Unconventional Computing", booktitle = "ECAL Workshop on Unconventional Computing", year = 2005 )