Exploring Coevolutionary Relations by Alterations in Fitness Function: Experiments with Simulated Robots |
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Authors: | Ioannis Mermigkis Loukas Petrou |
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Affiliation: | (1) Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Division of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR54124 Thessaloniki, Greece |
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Abstract: | This paper focuses on various coevolutionary robotic experiments where all parameters except for the fitness function remain the same. Initially an attempt to categorize coevolutionary experiments is made and subsequently three experiments of competitive coevolution (hunt, battle and mating) are presented. The experiment concerning implicit competition of two species (mating) is given special attention as it shows emergence of compromise and collaboration through a competitive environment. The co-evolution progress monitoring is evaluated through fitness graphs, CIAO and Hamming maps and the results are interpreted for each experimental setup. The paper concludes that despite the alteration of fitness functions, several evasion–pursuit elements emerge. Furthermore, conciliatory strategies can emerge in implicit competitional cases. |
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Keywords: | coevolutionary relations competitive coevolution evolution of collaboration evolutionary robotics |
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