Using augmenting modular neural networks to evolve neuro-controllers for a team of underwater vehicles

Soft Computing

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2445-2460

  Praczyk, Tomasz ^a  

^a POLISH NAVAL ACADEMY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Autonomous underwater vehicles; Evolutionary modular neural networks

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES; NEURAL NETWORKS; VEHICLES;

EVOLUTIONARY METHOD; EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS; MODULAR ARCHITECTURES; MODULAR NEURAL NETWORKS; NEURO CONTROLLERS; STOPPING CRITERIA; TEST PERFORMANCE; UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 84928376712     PISSN: 14327643     EISSN: 14337479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00500-014-1221-0     Document Type: Article

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