• DocumentCode
    2714242
  • Title

    Speciation through Exaptation

  • Author

    Graham, Lee ; Oppacher, Franz

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Comput. Sci., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, Ont.
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    1-5 April 2007
  • Firstpage
    433
  • Lastpage
    439
  • Abstract
    In this paper we present a simple genetic algorithm, possessing a notion of viability, in which a population of individuals in one niche spreads to populate a second niche with a different fitness function. The two niche populations then diverge genetically to such a degree that offspring produced by the crossover operator are inviable in both niches. We argue that this simple adaptive evolutionary behavior in the genetic algorithm can be likened to the concept of speciation in biology
  • Keywords
    genetic algorithms; crossover operator; evolutionary behavior; fitness function; genetic algorithm; Arm; Biological system modeling; Computer science; Digital systems; Drives; Earth; Evolution (biology); Evolutionary computation; Genetic algorithms; Organisms;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Artificial Life, 2007. ALIFE '07. IEEE Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Honolulu, HI
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0701-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ALIFE.2007.367827
  • Filename
    4218917