Study of algorithms based upon biological theories of evolution, applications to machine learning and optimization problems. Genetic Algorithms, Classifier Systems, and Genetic Programming in details. Recent work in the fields of Artificial Life (swarm intelligence, distributed agents, behavior-based AI) and of connectionism is also studied. Prerequisite(s): COMP 3007.Lectures three hours a week.
Study of algorithms based upon biological theories of evolution, applications to machine learning and optimization problems. Genetic Algorithms, Classifier Systems, and Genetic Programming in details. Recent work in the fields of Artificial Life (swarm intelligence, distributed agents, behavior-based AI) and of connectionism is also studied. Prerequisite(s): COMP 3007.Lectures three hours a week.