BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Artificial Life

Second Project

Evolution – from sea to land

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link between swimmers and the landwalkers.
Pederpes was named after 'Peder', Norwegian for Peter, Erpes meaning crawler.
Finneyae was named after Mrs Sarah Finney, the lady who prepared the specimen)
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PARAMETERS
Initial genotype X
Gene Pool capacity 200
Delete genotype Randomly
Simulated creatures 1
Initial placement Always 0 degrees
Initial elevation 0.1
SELECTION
unchanged 20
mutated 64
Crossed over 16
Minimal similarity 0
Selection rule Tournament
FITNESS
Constant 0
Life span 0
velocity
Body parts *
Body joints
Brain neurons 0
Brain connections 0
distance
Vertical position 0
Vertical velocity 0
Criteria normalization 0
Similarity specification 0
ENERGY
Starting energy 5000
Idle metabolism 1
Automatic feeding 0
Food energy 200
Food genotype
Initial multiplier 1
Aging time 0
WORLD
Type Flat surface
Size 20
Map
Water level [PER EXPERIMENT]
Boundaries None
Gravity 1
MORPHOLOGY
Add remove a stick X 0.05
Add remove a junction 0.02
Add remove a comma 0.02
Add remove a modifier 0.1
Exclude modifiers Ee
NEURON NET
Add remove a neuron 0.05
Add remove a neural connection 0.1
Add remove a neuron property setting 0.1
Change connection weight 1
Change property value 0.05

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[first creature 25 mil steps] w2-25m.gen •
[first creature next 8 mil steps] w2-25m+7m.gen •
[second creature 38 mil steps] w2-0m+38m.gen •

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