Implement neuroevolution algorithms to improve the performance of neural network architectures
Understand evolutionary algorithms and neuroevolution methods with real-world examples
Learn essential neuroevolution concepts and how they are used in domains including games, robotics, and simulations

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Neuroevolution is a form of artificial intelligence learning that uses evolutionary algorithms to simplify the process of solving complex tasks in domains such as games, robotics, and the simulation of natural processes. This book will give you comprehensive insights into essential neuroevolution concepts and equip you with the skills you need to apply neuroevolution-based algorithms to solve practical, real-world problems. You'll start with learning the key neuroevolution concepts and methods by writing code with Python. You'll also get hands-on experience with popular Python libraries and cover examples of classical reinforcement learning, path planning for autonomous agents, and developing agents to autonomously play Atari games. Next, you'll learn to solve common and not-so-common challenges in natural computing using neuroevolution-based algorithms. Later, you'll understand how to apply neuroevolution strategies to existing neural network designs to improve training and inference performance. Finally, you'll gain clear insights into the topology of neural networks and how neuroevolution allows you to develop complex networks, starting with simple ones. By the end of this book, you will not only have explored existing neuroevolution-based algorithms, but also have the skills you need to apply them in your research and work assignments.

What you will learn

Discover the most popular neuroevolution algorithms – NEAT, HyperNEAT, and ES-HyperNEAT Explore how to implement neuroevolution-based algorithms in Python Get up to speed with advanced visualization tools to examine evolved neural network graphs Understand how to examine the results of experiments and analyze algorithm performance Delve into neuroevolution techniques to improve the performance of existing methods Apply deep neuroevolution to develop agents for playing Atari games

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Product Details

Publication date : Dec 24, 2019

Length 368 pages

Edition : 1st Edition

Language : English

ISBN-13 : 9781838824914

Category :

Data

Languages :

Python (Expert)

Concepts :

Neural Networks

18 Chapters

Preface

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Section 1: Fundamentals of Evolutionary Computation Algorithms and Neuroevolution Methods

Overview of Neuroevolution Methods

Evolutionary algorithms and neuroevolution-based methods

NEAT algorithm overview

Hypercube-based NEAT

Evolvable-Substrate HyperNEAT

Novelty Search optimization method

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Authors (1)

Iaroslav Omelianenko

Iaroslav Omelianenko occupied the position of CTO and research director for more than a decade. He is an active member of the research community and has published several research papers at arXiv, ResearchGate, Preprints, and more. He started working with applied machine learning by developing autonomous agents for mobile games more than a decade ago. For the last 5 years, he has actively participated in research related to applying deep machine learning methods for authentication, personal traits recognition, cooperative robotics, synthetic intelligence, and more. He is an active software developer and creates open source neuroevolution algorithm implementations in the Go language.

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