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Bots and Simulations => DNA - General => Topic started by: Ammeh on July 11, 2010, 06:10:45 AM

Title: Designed complex behaviour bots
Post by: Ammeh on July 11, 2010, 06:10:45 AM
This may just be my fail-coding, but it seems to me that designed complex behaviour bots rarely survive.

I've been playing with Jeffalish, trying to get it to survive long enough to evolve and adapt, and I'm not getting anywhere :|

It just seems like the best bots are those that have simple behaviour, which evolves into more complex things.

Thoughts? (and also advice, I want my jeffalish to livvveee  :()
Title: Re: Designed complex behaviour bots
Post by: ikke on July 11, 2010, 12:17:36 PM
Complex bots have much code. With equal mutation rates they will have more mutations than simple ones. Survival of the least defective is the result. I typically set the global mutation rates to 1/32 and increase the individual scores (5000->50000). This slowes muation rates giving naural selection the time to select for better fitness before other mutations occur.
Title: Re: Designed complex behaviour bots
Post by: Billy on July 11, 2010, 04:28:57 PM
Also, disable point mutations. They may be realistic, but they do nothing for evolution.
Title: Re: Designed complex behaviour bots
Post by: bacillus on July 11, 2010, 09:36:12 PM
Jeffalish? I can't find it in the bestiary...
Title: Re: Designed complex behaviour bots
Post by: Ammeh on July 12, 2010, 03:08:05 PM
http://www.darwinbots.com/Forum/index.php/topic,3443.0.html

right here :)