Evolution has involved a tremendous amount of variation and selection. The resulting systems are quite complex. Such systems are different from systems having simple cybernetic feedback. CASs include a process that compresses perceived information, which, in biological systems, usually involves the genes. By the application of this process, biological systems could evolve in various ways, indirectly adapting to the world over time.
Evolution is one of the important features of biological systems but is excluded from cybernetics.
Recently, several studies have mentioned evolution within a framework of a genetic algorithm, although how an evolutionary perspective can be applied to systems with hardware is still unclear. We do believe that we are in an age when we will have to seriously investigate the value of evolution for artificial systems by learning carefully from biological systems. At the moment when the workshop is held, we provide a workshop proceedings, which is not sold in book store. However, we are planning to publish a book, by selecting some of the papers presented at BIES'95 and asking the authors to revise them, as an official workshop record. For this purpose, we are now contacting with a major publishing company.