Based on publications, and responses from reviewers on the subject, it is evident that neutral evolution is a misused and misunderstood concept in evolutionary computation circles. I intend to dispel some of the confusion in this series of post based on some material from a journal paper by Dr. Kaur (my doctoral supervisor) and myself [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Gene’
Is Neutral Evolution Useful for Evolutionary Computation? Part I
Posted in Artificial intelligence, Evolutionary computing, Grammatical Evolution, Machine Intelligence, tagged Artificial intelligence, Evolution, Evolutionary Computation, Gene, Genetic algorithm, Genetic drift, Genetic Programming, Grammatical Evolution, neutral evolution, Phenotype on January 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Extending the Phenotype in Evolutionary Computing
Posted in Artificial intelligence, Evolutionary computing, Grammatical Evolution, intelligent machines, tagged Evolution, Evolutionary Computation, Extended Phenotype, Gene, Genetic Programming, Phenotype, Richard Dawkins on January 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In his very readable book “The Extended Phenotype“, Dawkins defined the “Extended Phenotype” as the effects of a gene when those effects are not regarded as being confined to the individual body in which the gene sits. He argues against the arbitrariness of limiting the applicability of phenotypes only to expressions of an organism’s genes [...]
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