Two is better than one: A diploid genotype for neural networks

Neural Processing Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 149-155

  Calabretta, Raffaele ^a   Galbiati, Riccardo ^b   Nolfi, Stefano ^a   Parisi, Domenico ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Diploidy; Genetic algorithms; Genotype phenotype mapping; Neural networks

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; GENES; GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

DIPLOIDY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE MAPPING; MUTATION;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 0030349659     PISSN: 13704621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00426023     Document Type: Article

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