Optimizing visual properties of game content through neuroevolution

Proceedings of the 7th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment, AIIDE 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 152-157

  Liapis, Antonios ^a   Yannakakis, Georgios N ^a   Togelius, Julian ^a  

^a Center for Computer Games Research   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY; COMPOSITIONAL PATTERN-PRODUCING NETWORKS; CONSTRAINT SATISFACTION; EVALUATION FUNCTION; INTERACTIVE EVOLUTION; MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS; PROCEDURAL CONTENT GENERATIONS; USER PREFERENCE MODELING;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; OPTIMIZATION;

FUNCTION EVALUATION;

EID: 84866493987     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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