DXNN: evolving complex organisms in complex environments using a novel tweann system

  • Authors:
  • Gene Sher

  • Affiliations:
  • Independent Researcher, San Bruno, CA, USA

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 13th annual conference companion on Genetic and evolutionary computation
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

The goal of this paper is twofold. First, to briefly present a novel type of memetic algorithm based Topology and Weight Evolving Artificial Neural Network (TWEANN) system called DXNN, among whose numerous novel features are: a simple and database friendly tuple based NN encoding method, a two phase neuroevolutionary approach which produces high diversity populations, a new "Targeted Tuning Phase" aimed at dealing with "the curse of dimensionality", and a new Random Intensity Mutation (RIM) method that removes the need for cross-over algorithms. Second, to discuss the excellent experimental results of applying DXNN to co-evolutionary artificial life simulations.