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@MISC{Gruau95automaticdefinition,
author = {Frederic Gruau},
title = {Automatic Definition of Modular Neural Networks},
year = {1995}
}
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Abstract
This paper illustrates an artificial developmental system that is a computationally efficient technique for the automatic generation of complex Artificial Neural Networks (ANN). Artificial developmental system can develop a graph grammar into a modular ANN made of a combination of more simple subnetworks. A genetic algorithm is used to evolve coded grammars that generates ANNs for controlling a six-legged robot locomotion. A mechanism for the automatic definition of sub-neural networks is incorporated. Using this mechanism, the genetic algorithm can automatically decompose a problem into subproblems, generate a subANN for solving the subproblem, and instantiate copies of this subANN to build a higher level ANN that solves the problem. We report some simulation results showing that the same problem cannot be solved if the mechanism for automatic definition of sub-networks is suppressed. We support our argumentation with pictures describing the steps of development, how ANN structures ar...
