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Tim Hoverd, Susan Stepney.
Energy as a driver of diversity in open-ended evolution.

In ECAL 2011, Paris, France, August 2011 , pp.356-363. MIT Press, 2011

Abstract:

We investigate the consequences of introducing an energy model into open ended evolutionary simulations. We propose a metamodel for simulations that incorporate an energy model and apply that model by extending Turk’s Sticky Feet model. We show that introducing an energy model produces simulations with measurably increased diversity of the simulated population.

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@inproceedings(SS-ECAL11-47,
  author = "Tim Hoverd and Susan Stepney",
  title = "Energy as a driver of diversity in open-ended evolution",
  pages = "356-363",
  crossref = "ECAL11"
)

@proceedings(ECAL11,
  title = "ECAL 2011, Paris, France, August 2011",
  booktitle = "ECAL 2011, Paris, France, August 2011",
  publisher = "MIT Press",
  year = 2011
)