Neural Modularity Helps Organisms Evolve to Learn New Skills without Forgetting Old Skills

Kai Olav Ellefsen; Jean-Baptiste Mouret; Jeff Clune

doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004128

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Neural Modularity Helps Organisms Evolve to Learn New Skills without Forgetting Old Skills

Kai Olav Ellefsen,

Affiliation Department of Computer and Information Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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Jean-Baptiste Mouret,

Affiliations Sorbonne Université UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7222, ISIR, Paris, France, CNRS, UMR 7222, ISIR, Paris, France
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Jeff Clune

* E-mail: jeffclune@uwyo.edu

Affiliation Computer Science Department, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America
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Neural Modularity Helps Organisms Evolve to Learn New Skills without Forgetting Old Skills

Kai Olav Ellefsen,
Jean-Baptiste Mouret,
Jeff Clune

Published: April 2, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004128

About the Authors

Kai Olav Ellefsen

Affiliation Department of Computer and Information Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Jean-Baptiste Mouret

Affiliations Sorbonne Université UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7222, ISIR, Paris, France, CNRS, UMR 7222, ISIR, Paris, France

Jeff Clune

* E-mail: jeffclune@uwyo.edu

Affiliation Computer Science Department, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KOE JC. Performed the experiments: KOE. Analyzed the data: KOE JBM JC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KOE JBM. Wrote the paper: KOE JMB JC. Developed the software used in experiments: JBM.

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