Evolving Neural Networks through Augmenting Topologies
Authors: Kenneth O. Stanley, Risto Miikkulainen Source: http://nn.cs.utexas.edu/downloads/papers/stanley.ec02.pdf
Problems Addressed
Competing conventions.
Key Ideas
Track genes with history markers to allow crossover among topologies.
Apply speciation to preserve innovations.
Develop topologies incrementally from simple initial structures.