Flood evolution
David Peter Shorten, Geoff Nitschke · 2014
We present ongoing research that is an extension of novelty search, flood evolution. This technique aims to improve evolutionary algorithms by presenting them with large sets of problems, as opposed to individual ones. If the older approach of incremental evolution were analogous to moving over a path of stepping stones, then this approach is similar to navigating a rocky field. The method is discussed and preliminary results are presented.