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This paper describes the first attempt to introduce evolutionarily designed players into the international Robocode league, a simulation-based game wherein robotic tanks fight to destruction in a closed arena. Using genetic programming to evolve tank strategies for this highly active forum, we were able to rank third out of twenty-seven players in the category of HaikuBots. Our GPBot was the only entry not written by a human.
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Shichel, Y., Ziserman, E., Sipper, M. (2005). GP-Robocode: Using Genetic Programming to Evolve Robocode Players. In: Keijzer, M., Tettamanzi, A., Collet, P., van Hemert, J., Tomassini, M. (eds) Genetic Programming. EuroGP 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3447. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-31989-4_13
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