Biomimetic Representation in Genetic Programming
Michael A. Lones · 2001
Biological representations underly biological evolution. Moreover, they are also a product of evolution and consequently well adapted for their purpose. The argument presented in this paper is that the representations of biology are also suitable for representing artificial executable systems in genetic programming and, furthermore, that biomimetic representations could improve both the adaptability and evolvability of GP. To this end a biomimetic approach to GP, enzyme genetic programming, is introduced and its behaviour is analysed when applied to the domain of combinational circuit design.