Rapid evaluation and evolution of neural models using graphics card hardware

GECCO'08: Proceedings of the 10th Annual Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 299-306

  Clayton, T F ^a   Patel, L N ^a   Leng, G ^b   Murray, A F ^a   Lindsay, I A B ^a  

^a Kings Buildings   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Integrative Physiology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Evolutionary strategies; Modelling behaviours and ecosystems; Parameter tuning; Speedup technique

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS EQUIPMENT; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS;

ADAPTIVE GENETIC ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; EVOLUTIONARY STRATEGIES; LARGE POPULATION; OPTIMAL APPROACHES; PARAMETER-TUNING; SPEED-UP TECHNIQUES;

GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT;

EID: 57549114493     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1389095.1389149     Document Type: Conference Paper

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