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EUROGP
2003
Springer
15 years 2 months ago
2003
Springer
Abstract. In this contribution we investigate the influence of different variation effects on the growth of code. A mutation-based variant of linear GP is applied that operates ...
GECCO
2008
Springer
14 years 10 months ago
2008
Springer
This paper investigates L-system evolution through experiments with a simulation platform of virtual plants. The conducted simulations vary the occurrence probability of terminal ...
CEC
2008
IEEE
15 years 3 months ago
2008
IEEE
—Representation techniques are important issues when designing successful evolutionary algorithms. Within this field the use of neutrality plays an important role. We examine th...
GECCO
2009
Springer
15 years 2 months ago
2009
Springer
The notion of evolvability has been put forward to describe the“core mechanism”of natural and artificial evolution. Recently, studies have revealed the influence of the envi...
GECCO
2007
Springer
15 years 1 months ago
2007
Springer
This paper introduces a function that increases the amount of neutrality (inactive code in Genetic Programming) for the Artificial Ant Problem. The objective of this approach is t...