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Generative Art and Evolutionary Refinement

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Applications of Evolutionary Computation (EvoApplications 2010)

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In considering a case study, we examine the process of promoting emergence and creativity within an evolutionary art system using the technique of evolutionary refinement. That is, for the complex, difficult to predict generative scheme based on a model for simulating cellular morphogenesis that forms the generative component of an evolutionary art system, we discuss how we proceed in stages to develop, analyze, focus, and re-target evolved genetic material for aesthetic purposes — in this instance aesthetic pattern formation.

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  1. University of Richmond, Richmond, VA, 23173, USA

    Gary Greenfield

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Strathclyde, 16 Richmond Street, G1 1XQ, Glasgow, UK

    Cecilia Di Chio

  2. School of Business, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, UK

    Anthony Brabazon

  3. ’Dalla Molle’ Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IDSIA), Galleria 2, 6928, Manno-Lugano, Switzerland

    Gianni A. Di Caro

  4. Wilhelm Schickard-Institut für Informatik, Universität Tübingen, Sand 1, 72076, Tübingen, Germany

    Marc Ebner

  5. National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (NUCES), A.K. Brohi Road, H-11/4, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Muddassar Farooq

  6. Fakultät für WiSo, HelmutSchmidt-Universität, Holstenhofweg 85, 22043, Hamburg, Germany

    Andreas Fink

  7. Department of Information Systems, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, 55099, Mainz, Germany

    Jörn Grahl

  8. Mathematics and Computer Science Depatment, University of Richmond, 23173, Richmond, VA, USA

    Gary Greenfield

  9. Department of Informatics Engineering, Polo II - Pinhal de Marrocos, University of Coimbra, 3030 - 290, Coimbra, Portugal

    Penousal Machado

  10. School of Computer Science and Informatics, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, UK

    Michael O’Neill

  11. Istituto di Calcolo e Reti ad Alte Prestazioni (ICAR), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Via P. Castellino 111, 80131, Naples, Italy

    Ernesto Tarantino

  12. School of Computing, Edinburgh Napier University, 10 Clinton Road, EH10 5DT, Edinburgh, UK

    Neil Urquhart

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Greenfield, G. (2010). Generative Art and Evolutionary Refinement. In: Di Chio, C., et al. Applications of Evolutionary Computation. EvoApplications 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6025. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12242-2_30

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