Simultaneous evolution of the architecture of a multi-part program to solve a problem using architecture altering operations
US5742738A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 4, 1994 |
| Grant date | Apr 21, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 4, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06N3/126
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and method for solving problems where a population is created and evolved to generate a result. While solving the problem, the architecture of entities in the population are altered. Each of said entities may include internally and externally invoked sub-entities. The externally invoked sub-entities are capable of having actions, invocations of sub-entities which are invoked internally, and material. Also, each sub-entity which is invoked internally is capable of including actions, invocations of internally invocable sub-entities, material provided to the externally invocable sub-entity, and material.
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