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Evolution of artificial agents in a realistic virtual environment

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Jonathan R. Hicks,

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ACMSE '05 vol 2: Proceedings of the 43rd annual ACM Southeast Conference - Volume 2

Pages 365 - 369

https://doi.org/10.1145/1167253.1167340

Published: 18 March 2005 Publication History

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Modern video game software implements very immersive, simulated worlds. These worlds benefit from highly sophisticated graphics and physics simulations provided by the software. The experiments presented here show that these complex simulated environments can provide an attractive research platform for evolutionary algorithms, specifically for the task of artificial agent evolution.

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Evolution of artificial agents in a realistic virtual environment
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Artificial intelligence
    1. Distributed artificial intelligence
      1. Multi-agent systems

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ACMSE '05 vol 2: Proceedings of the 43rd annual ACM Southeast Conference - Volume 2

March 2005

430 pages

ISBN:1595930590

DOI:10.1145/1167253

General Chair:
Mario Guimaraes
Kennesaw State University

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Published: 18 March 2005

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