Adapting Problem Specifications and Design Solutions Using Co-evolution [chapter]

M. L. Maher, A. Gómez de Silva Garza
2002 Adaptive Computing in Design and Manufacture V  
In this paper we present a co-evolutionary model of design in which potential solutions to a design problem evolve in parallel with the problem description. This computational model is based on the observation that creative designers often refine and revise the design requirements of a particular problem at the same time as they generate and propose an evolving series of potential solutions to the problem. Genetic algorithms guide the search for a solution using a fixed fitness function, and
more » ... isions to the crtieria for the best solution involve manually modifying the fitness function. In our model of co-evolutionary design, the fitness function is automatically changed as the problem space and solution space co-evolve. In the paper we describe the model in general, show how we have applied it to the design domain of structural engineering, and present some preliminary experimental results.
doi:10.1007/978-0-85729-345-9_22 fatcat:ui6m4nedmfgxzhoco6ejykiiay