Hierarchical reinforcement learning as creative problem solving

TR Colin, T Belpaeme, A Cangelosi… - Robotics and Autonomous …, 2016 - Elsevier
Although creativity is studied from philosophy to cognitive robotics, a definition has proven
elusive. We argue for emphasizing the creative process (the cognition of the creative agent) …

Automatic difficulty management and testing in games using a framework based on behavior trees and genetic algorithms

C Paduraru, M Paduraru - 2019 24th International Conference …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The diversity of agent behaviors is an important topic for the quality of video games and
virtual environments in general. Offering the most compelling experience for users with …

Towards a taxonomy for the clarification of PCG actors' roles

R Craveirinha, N Barreto, L Roque - … of the 2016 annual symposium on …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
This work proposes a novel classification system that clarifies the multiple role
configurations in the context of video-game design production involving use of Procedural …

Restarting and recentering genetic algorithm variations for DNA fragment assembly: The necessity of a multi-strategy approach

JA Hughes, S Houghten, D Ashlock - Biosystems, 2016 - Elsevier
DNA Fragment assembly–an NP-Hard problem–is one of the major steps in of DNA
sequencing. Multiple strategies have been used for this problem, including greedy graph …

Fitness in evolutionary art and music: a taxonomy and future prospects

CG Johnson - International Journal of Arts and Technology, 2016 - inderscienceonline.com
This paper is concerned with the idea of fitness in art and music systems that are based on
evolutionary computation. A taxonomy is presented of the ways in which fitness is used in …

Invigorative Art: Can a Computer Program Be Creative?

M Ryngier, U Boryczka - Asian Conference on Intelligent Information and …, 2024 - Springer
The article deals with the creation of evolutionary art by means of an evolutionary algorithm
in which the initial population is constituted by appropriately encoded Bézier curves. For the …

Aesthetics, artificial intelligence, and search-based art

P Machado, J Romero, G Greenfield - Artificial Intelligence and the Arts …, 2021 - Springer
Why do people exhibit particular behaviour towards a class of objects called artworks? That
is the topic of study in aesthetics. This paper explores how various theories of aesthetics can …

Guest editorial: special issue on biologically inspired music, sound, art and design

J Romero, P Machado, A Carballal - Genetic Programming and Evolvable …, 2013 - Springer
The idea of using evolutionary computation for artistic purposes can be traced back to
Dawkins. In his 1987 book, The Blind Watchmaker [1], Dawkins presents a program that …

Genetic programming with genetic regulatory networks: Genetic programming

RL Lopes, E Costa - Proceedings of the 15th annual conference on …, 2013 - dl.acm.org
Evolutionary Algorithms (EA) approach differently from nature the genotype-phenotype
relationship, and this view is a recurrent issue among researchers. Recently, some …

[PDF][PDF] Autonomous evolutionary art

E den Heijer - 2013 - research.vu.nl
Evolutionary Art is a relatively new, exciting field of research that combines methods from
Evolutionary Computation (EC) with the creation of aesthetically pleasing images. The field …