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A Sampling of Research Projects:

Swarmbots

Distributed Control Aglorithms for Robotic Swarms

A DARPA funded project studying the swarming robots. Our focus was to build individual robot behaviors such that when combined in a swarm, complex, sophicated behaviors would emerge. More Info

Interactive Evolution

Agent-Based Modeling

Multiple projects creating agent-based models to gain insight and prediction for complex, distributed systems.

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Cell Based Optimization Applet

Interactive Evolution

Several projects where a user interacts with evolutionary algorithms to guide an evolutionary search. More Info

Cell Based Optimization Applet From Multicellularity to Cell Based Optimization:
Studying the Cooperative Capabilities of Evolvable Cells

A continuation of the cell based model below. This research used adaptive cell populations a a metaphor for agents in solving a network resource allocation problem. This was the basis for my Master's thesis and was done while working with BTexact's Future Technologies Group. More Info

Studying the Emergence of Multicellular Organisms in Artificial Life with Cartesian Genetic Programming

A model that uses genetic programming to evolve programs with cell-like functions. The cells are put into an environment with limited food resources. The cooperative and competetive behaviors of the evolved populations are analyzed.

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Financial Time Series Prediction

Financial Time-Series Prediction using Negatively Correlated Neural Network Ensembles

This research studied the use of negative correlation in neural network ensemble learning. The idea is to create diversity in the ensembles to increase learning without hurting the ability to generalize. In this research, the approach was applied to financial time-series prediction. More Info

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