Title :
Evolving Gene Regulatory Networks for Virtual Creatures
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. Eng., Shandong Univ. at Weihai, Weihai
Abstract :
An artificial evolutionary developmental system is described in this paper. Zygotes are grown into creatures using a development model based on gene regulatory network. Genetic algorithm is used to evolve the gene regulatory network, giving rise to effective locomotive virtual creatures in 3D physical simulated environment. The morphology and behavior of creatures change in a natural way during interaction with human users and the environment.
Keywords :
artificial life; genetic algorithms; artificial evolutionary developmental system; gene regulatory networks; genetic algorithm; locomotive virtual creatures; Bioinformatics; Biological system modeling; Computer networks; DNA; Evolution (biology); Genomics; Haptic interfaces; Morphology; Neurons; Proteins; artificial life; evolutionary development; gene regulatory network; genetic algorithm;
Conference_Titel :
Natural Computation, 2008. ICNC '08. Fourth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Jinan
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3304-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICNC.2008.738
