Computer Science (COMP)
School of Computer Science
COMP 5206 [0.5 credit] (CSI 5183)
Evolutionary Computation and Artificial Life
Study of algorithms based upon biological theories of evolution, applications to machine learning and optimization problems. Possible topics: Genetic Algorithms, Classifier Systems, and Genetic Programming. Recent work in the fields of Artificial Life (swarm intelligence, distributed agents, behavior-based AI) and of connectionism.Prerequisites: COMP 3007 or the equivalent.
Precludes: COMP 4107 or the equivalent.
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