Constraining connectivity to encourage modularity in HyperNEAT

Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, GECCO'11

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1483-1490

  Verbancsics, Phillip ^a   Stanley, Kenneth O ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Generative and developmental systems; HyperNEAT; Modularity

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL SYSTEMS; HYPERNEAT; INITIAL POPULATION; LOCAL CONNECTIVITY; MODULAR STRUCTURES; MODULARITY; NETWORK CONNECTIVITY; NETWORK STRUCTURES; NEURAL STRUCTURES;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

NETWORK CODING;

EID: 84860391193     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2001576.2001776     Document Type: Conference Paper

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