Publications

P u b l i c a t i o n s

  • Ben Jones, Andrea Soltoggio, Xin Yao, Bernhard Sendhoff (2011) Evolution of Neural Symmetry and its Coupled Alignment to Body Plan Morphology Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference 2011, 12th-16th July, Dublin, Irland. Nominated for best paper award. Download pdf.

  • Andrea Soltoggio and Ben Jones (2009) Novelty of Behaviour as a Basis for the Neuro-evolution of Operant Reward Learning Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference 2009, 8th-12th July, MontrÈal, Canada. Download pdf.

  • Andrea Soltoggio (2008) Evolutionary and Computational Advantages of Neuromodulated Plasticity Ph.D. thesis. University of Birmingham, UK. October 2008. Dowload pdf.

  • Andrea Soltoggio (2008) Neural Plasticity and Minimal Topologies for Reward-based Learning In the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Hybrid Intelligent Systems,10th-12th September 2008. Barcellona, Spain. Download pdf.

  • Soltoggio, A., Bullinaria, A. J., Mattiussi, C., Dürr, P. and Floreano, D. (2008) Evolutionary Advantages of Neuromodulated Plasticity in Dynamic, Reward-based Scenarios.Artificial Life XI: Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems Dowload pdf.

  • Dürr, P., Mattiussi, C., Soltoggio, A. and Floreano, D, (2008) Evolvability of Neuromodulated Learning for Robots. Symposium on Bio-inspired Learning and Intelligent Systems for Security, (BLISS) August 2008, Edinburgh, UK.

  • Andrea Soltoggio (2008) Neuromodulation Increases Decision Speed in Dynamic Environments Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Epigenetic Robotics, July 2008, Southampton, UK. Download pdf.

  • Andrea Soltoggio (2008) Phylogenetic Onset and Dynamics of Neuromodulation in Learning Neural Models. Experiments Meet Theory: Integrated Approaches to Neuroscience, Young Physiologists’ Symposium, July 2008, Cambridge, UK. Download pdf.

  • Soltoggio, A., Dürr, P., Mattiussi, C., and Floreano, D. (2007) Evolving Neuromodulatory Topologies for Reinforcement Learning-like Problems. Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation. 25-28 September 2007, Singapore. Download pdf.

  • Andrea Soltoggio: Does Learning Elicit Neuromodulation? Evolutionary Search in Reinforcement Learning-like Environments, Dynamics of Learning Behavior and Neuromodulation Workshop, European Congress on Artificial Life (ECAL 2007) 10-14 September 2007, Lisbon, Portugal. Poster pdf, Extended abstract pdf.

  • Andrea Soltoggio: A Simple Line Search Operator for Ridged Landscapes. Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2006), July 2006, Seattle, WA, USA. Download pdf.

  • Andrea Soltoggio: An Enhanced GA to Improve the Search Process Reliability in Tuning of Control Systems , Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2005), June 2005, Washington, DC, USA. Download pdf.

  • Andrea Soltoggio: “GP and GA in the Design of a Constrained Control System with Disturbance Rejection”, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Intelligent Control, (ISIC 2004), 1-4 Semptember 2004, Taipei, Taiwan. Download pdf.

  • Andrea Soltoggio: A Comparison of Genetic Programming and Genetic Algorithms in the Design of a Robust, Saturated Control System, Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2004), June 2004, Seattle, WA, USA. Download pdf.

  • Andrea Soltoggio: A Case Study of GP and GAs in the Design of a Control System, GECCO 2004 Graduate Student Workshop Proceedings, June 2004, Seattle, USA.

  • MSc Thesis. NTNU, June 2004, Evolutionary Algorithms in the Design and Tuning of a Control System. Download pdf.

  • Fordypningsprosjekt. Department of Computer and Information Science, NTNU.
    A Case Study of a Genetically Evolved Control System, November 2003
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