abstract = "A coevolutionary competitive learning environment for
two antagonistic agents is presented. The agents are
controlled by a new kind of computational network based
on a compartmentalised model of neurons. The genetic
basis of neurons is an important [27] and neglected
aspect of previous approaches. Accordingly, we have
defined a collection of chromosomes representing
various aspects of the neuron: soma, dendrites and axon
branches, and synaptic connections. Chromosomes are
represented and evolved using a form of genetic
programming (GP) known as Cartesian GP. The network
formed by running the chromosomal programs, has a
highly dynamic morphology in which neurons grow, and
die, and neurite branches together with synaptic
connections form and change in response to
environmental interactions. The idea of this paper is
to demonstrate the importance of the genetic transfer
of learned experience and life time learning. The
learning is a consequence of the complex dynamics
produced as a result of interaction (coevolution)
between two intelligent agents. Our results show that
both agents exhibit interesting learning
capabilities.",
notes = "GECCO-2007 A joint meeting of the sixteenth
international conference on genetic algorithms
(ICGA-2007) and the twelfth annual genetic programming
conference (GP-2007).