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2009 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
A Constructive Neural Network for Evolving a Machine Controller in Real-Time
Authors : Andreas Huemer, David Elizondo, Mario Gongora
Published in: Constructive Neural Networks
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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A novel method is presented to allow a machine controller to evolve while the machine is acting in its environment. The method uses a single spiking neural network with a minimum number of neurons and no initial connections. New connections and neurons are grown by evaluating reward values which can represent either the internal state of the machine or the rating of its task performance. This way the topology and the level of connectivity of the network are kept to a minimum. The method will be applied to a controller for an autonomous mobile robot.