Monthly Archives: August 2012

Evolution 101: Adaptive Dynamics Models and Game Theory

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s Evolution 101 blog post is by MSU undergrad Faisal Tameesh and MSU grad student Emily Weigel.  Mathematics developed from game theory has been used to study phenotypic evolution, or evolution in the way something “appears” or “behaves.” Particular … Continue reading →

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Evolution 101: Kin Selection

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s Evolution 101 blog post is by MSU graduate student Sara Garnett. As soon as spadefoot toad tadpoles are born, the pressure’s on. Adults lay their eggs in temporary ponds, created from sudden rainstorms in the southwestern desert. Because … Continue reading →

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Evolution 101: Neuroevolution

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Danielle Whittaker

This week we introduce a new occasional blog series: Evolution 101. Enjoy! If you were to ask a random person what the best example of Artificial Intelligence is out there, what do you think it would be? Most likely, it … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Searching for Innovation

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by University of Texas graduate student Erkin Bahceci. In this blog post, I will describe my research (with Risto Miikkulainen) on competitive multi-agent search, and in particular how I used evolutionary … Continue reading →

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