How to Breed Multicellular Programs

• Genetic Programming
  • How does it work?
  • Why not use another technique of program development?
• The Object-Oriented Ontogenetic Programming System
  • The System
    • Database (Ooopsed)
    • Evolution manager (Ooopse)
    • Individual manager (Ooopsi)
    • Individual
    • Selection
    • Variation
    • Control flow of a typical evolutionary run
  • Innovations for Genetic Programming
    • Introduces genes (used as building blocks)
    • A new modularization technique
    • Combines steady-state with global selection methods
    • Uses conjugation instead of crossover
    • New reproduction management
    • Dynamic population size
    • Multilevel evolution
    • Cooperative coevolution of genes
    • Metaevolution possible
    • Homology possible