Division blocks and the open-ended evolution of development, form, and behavior

Proceedings of GECCO 2007: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 316-323

  Spector, Lee ^a   Klein, Jon ^a,b   Feinstein, Mark ^a  

^a HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Hampshire College ^*

Author keywords

Artificial life; Breve; Development; Division blocks; Morphology; Open ended evolution; Recurrent networks

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORKS; RELIABILITY THEORY;

ARTIFICIAL LIFE; DIVISION BLOCKS; OPEN-ENDED EVOLUTION; RECURRENT NETWORKS;

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS;

EID: 34548064629     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1276958.1277019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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