abstract = "To achieve a high degree of autonomy, an agent usually
needs some kind of memory mechanism. We present a new
approach to the evolution of agents with memory, based
on the use of genetically programmed networks. These
are connectionist structures where each node has an
associated program, evolved using genetic programming.
Genetically programmed networks can easily be evolved
into agents with very different architectures. We
present experimental results from evolving genetically
programmed networks as neural networks, distributed
programs and rule based systems capable of solving
problems where the use of memory by the agent is
essential. Comparisons are made between the performance
of these solutions and the performance of solutions
obtained by other evolutionary strategies used to
evolve agents with memory",
notes = "CEC-99 - A joint meeting of the IEEE, Evolutionary
Programming Society, Galesia, and the IEE.