Optimal Design for the Evolution of Composite Mappings
Abstract:
As an example of the optimization of an evolutionary system design, a composite mapping problem is studied. In this problem, the system's basic design is determined by a set of elementary characters and their functions (mappings). Based on a certain definition for the functionality of a phenotypic mapping, a modified measure of system evolvability is proposed, and by maximizing this measure, the elementary function (mapping) set is optimized. A numerical experiment is also conducted in which the evolution is simulated using a set of genotypic entities, and the functional evolvability after optimization is compared to that before optimization.

