Credit assignment among neurons in co-evolving populations

Vineet R. KHARE, Xin YAO, Bernhard SENDHOFF

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Abstract

Different credit assignment strategies are investigated in a two level co-evolutionary model which involves a population of Gaussian neurons and a population of radial basis function networks consisting of neurons from the neuron population. Each individual in neuron population can contribute to one or more networks in network population, so there is a two-fold difficulty in evaluating the effectiveness (or fitness) of a neuron. Firstly, since each neuron only represents a partial solution to the problem, it needs to be assigned some credit for the complete problem solving activity. Secondly, these credits need to be accumulated from different networks the neuron participates in. This model, along with various credit assignment strategies, is tested on a classification (Heart disease diagnosis problem from UCI machine learning repository) and a regression problem (Mackey-Glass time series prediction problem). © Springer-Verlag 2004.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationParallel Problem Solving from Nature : PPSN VIII : 8th International Conference, Birmingham, UK, September 18-22, 2004, Proceedings
EditorsXin YAO, Edmund K. BURKE, José A. LOZANO, Jim SMITH, Juan Julián MERELO-GUERVÓS, John A. BULLINARIA, Jonathan E. ROWE, Peter TIŇO, Ata KABÁN, Hans-Paul SCHWEFEL
PublisherSpringer Berlin Heidelberg
Pages882-891
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9783540302179
ISBN (Print)9783540230922
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2004
Externally publishedYes
Event8th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature, PPSN 2004 - Birmingham, United Kingdom
Duration: 18 Sept 200422 Sept 2004

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
PublisherSpringer Berlin, Heidelberg
Volume3242
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference8th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature, PPSN 2004
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityBirmingham
Period18/09/0422/09/04

Keywords

  • Neuron Population
  • Radial Basis Function Network
  • Assignment Strategy
  • Cooperative Coevolution
  • Credit Assignment

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