Evolving pac-man players: Can we learn from raw input?

Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Games, CIG 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 282-287

  Gallagher, Marcus ^a   Ledwich, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evolutionary algorithm; Multi layer perceptron; Neuroevolution; Pac man; Real time computer games

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; GAME THEORY; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; MULTILAYER NEURAL NETWORKS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

NEUROEVOLUTION; PAC-MAN PLAYING AGENTS; REAL-TIME COMPUTER GAMES;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 34548779606     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CIG.2007.368110     Document Type: Conference Paper

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