Implicit Evolvability: An Investigation into the Evolvability of an Embryogeny
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This paper investigates the evolvability of an implicit embryogeny-based representation for the evolution of 3-D morphologies. Previous results using this representation have shown that this particular incarnation of an implicit embryogeny does not lend itself well to evolution. Two different experiments are described, the results of which suggest that a many-to-one genotypeto-phenotype mapping is not sufficient to ensure evolvability. The paper concludes by suggesting attributes that a better representation should have.
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