Evolutionary Design via Indirect Encoding of Non-Uniform Rational Basis Splines
- A novel approach to produce 2D designs by adapting the HyperNEAT algorithm to evolve non-uniform rational basis splines (NURBS) is presented. This representation is proposed as an alternative to previous pixel-based approaches primarily motivated by aesthetic interests, and not designed for optimization tasks. This spline representation outperforms previous pixel-based approaches on target matching tasks, performing well even in matching irregular target shapes. In addition to improved evolvability in the face of a well defined fitness metric, a NURBS representation has the added virtues of being continuous rather than discrete, as well as being intuitive and easily modified by graphic and industrial designers.
| Document Type: | Conference Object |
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| Language: | English |
| Author: | Adam Gaier |
| Parent Title (English): | Esparcia-Alcázar, Silva et al. (Eds.): GECCO Companion '15. Proceedings of the Companion Publication of the 2015 on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference. 15, July 11 - 15, 2015, Madrid, Spain |
| First Page: | 1197 |
| Last Page: | 1200 |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4503-3488-4 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1145/2739482.2768478 |
| Publisher: | ACM |
| Date of first publication: | 2015/07/11 |
| Keyword: | Compositional Pattern Producing Networks; Design Optimization; HyperNEAT; Indirect Encodings; NURBS |
| Departments, institutes and facilities: | Fachbereich Informatik |
| Institut für Technik, Ressourcenschonung und Energieeffizienz (TREE) | |
| Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC): | 0 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke / 00 Informatik, Wissen, Systeme / 004 Datenverarbeitung; Informatik |
| Entry in this database: | 2015/08/21 |
