Single Parent Generalization of Cellular Automata Rules

Generalization is a perennial issue in evolution-ary computation. The ability of evolution to find excellent special-purpose solutions to a problem means that, in some cases, evolutionary techniques generalize poorly. In this study we demonstrate a system that generalizes apoptotic cellular automata rules from a small evaluation arena to a larger one. The generalization preserves many of the features of the cellular automata while increasing …