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Peter B Bentley (1999)
Aspects of Evolutionary Design by Computers
In: Advances in Soft Computing - Engineering Design and Manufacturing, London, Springer-Verlag. 3rd On-line World Conference on Soft Computing in Engineering Design and Manufacturing (WSC3).
Although Evolutionary Design is still in its infancy, it shows great promise in becoming an invaluable type of computer software tool for designers, artists and biologists<a name="more"></a><br>
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This paper examines the four main types of Evolutionary Design by computers: Evolutionary Design Optimisation, Evolutionary Art, Evolutionary Artificial Life Forms and Creative Evolutionary Design. Definitions for all four areas are provided. A review of current work in each of these areas is given, with examples of the types of applications that have been tackled. The different properties and requirements of each are examined. Descriptions of typical representations and evolutionary algorithms are provided and examples of designs evolved using these techniques are shown. The paper then discusses how the boundaries of these areas are beginning to merge, resulting in four new 'overlapping' types of Evolutionary Design: Integral Evolutionary Design, Artificial Life Based Evolutionary Design, Aesthetic Evolutionary AL and Aesthetic Evolutionary Design. Finally, the last part of the paper discusses some common problems faced by creators of Evolutionary Design systems, including: interdependent elements in designs, epistasis, and constraint handling.<br>
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<li>Gordon, T. G. W. and Bentley, P. J. (2002) <a href="http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/P.Bentley/GordonBentley.zip">On Evolvable Hardware</a>. Chapter in Ovaska, S. and Sztandera, L. (Ed.) Soft Computing in Industrial Electronics. Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany.</li>
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Bentley, P. J. (2000). <a href="http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/P.Bentley/acdmpaper.ps">Exploring Component-Based Representations - The
Secret of Creativity by Evolution?</a> In Proc. of the Fourth International
Conference on Adaptive Computing in Design and Manufacture (ACDM 2000),
April 26th - 28th, 2000, University of Plymouth, UK.
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Bentley, P.J. (2000). <a href="http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/P.Bentley/uclscience.ps">Creative Evolution</a>. In David Smith (Ed.) UCL Science
14. Published by University College London, pp. 14-15.
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