@inproceedings{89c1f26aadfd4504ac3bfd21dec004ca,
title = "Environments conducive to evolution of modularity",
abstract = "Modularity has been recognised as one of the crucial aspects of natural complex systems. Since these are results of evolution, it has been argued that modular systems must have selective advantages over their monolithic counterparts. Simulation results with artificial neuro-evolutionary complex systems, however, are indecisive in this regard. It has been shown that advantages of modularity, if judged on a static task, in these systems are very much dependent on various factors involved in the training of these systems. We present a couple of dynamic environments and argue that environments like these might be partly responsible for the evolution of modular systems. These environments allow for a better, more direct use of structural information present within modular systems hence limit the influence of other factors. We support these arguments with the help of a co-evolutionary model and a fitness measure based on system performance in these dynamic environments. {\textcopyright} Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006.",
keywords = "Dynamic Environment, Hide Unit, Related Task, Modular System, Cross Entropy",
author = "KHARE, {Vineet R.} and Bernhard SENDHOFF and Xin YAO",
year = "2006",
doi = "10.1007/11844297_61",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783540389903",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science",
publisher = "Springer Berlin Heidelberg",
pages = "603--612",
editor = "RUNARSSON, {Thomas Philip} and Hans-Georg BEYER and Edmund BURKE and MERELO-GUERV{\'O}S, {Juan J.} and WHITLEY, {L. Darrell} and Xin YAO",
booktitle = "Parallel Problem Solving from Nature : PPSN IX : 9th International Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland, September 9-13, 2006, Proceedings",
note = "PPSN 2006 : International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature ; Conference date: 09-09-2006 Through 13-09-2006",
}