?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Heterochrony+and+adaptation+in+developing+neural+networks&rft.creator=Cangelosi%2C+Angelo&rft.subject=Evolution&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Neural+Nets&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.subject=Neural+Modelling&rft.description=This+paper+discusses+the+simulation+results+of+a+model+of+biological+development+for+neural+networks+based+on+a+regulatory+genome.+The+model%C2%92s+results+are+analyzed+using+the+framework+of+Heterochrony+theory+(McKinney+and+McNamara%2C+1991).+The+network+development+is+controlled+by+genes+that+produce+elements+regulating+the+activation%2C+inhibition%2C+and+delay+of+neurogenetic+events.+The+genome+can+also+regulate+the+gene+expression+mechanisms.+An+ecological+task+of+foraging+behavior+is+used+to+test+the+model+with+an+evolving+population+of+artificial+organisms.+Organisms+evolve+an+optimal+foraging+behavior+and+the+ability+to+adapt+to+changing+environments.+The+adaptive+strategy+consists+in+changes+of+network+architecture+that+are+determined+by+the+regulatory+rearrangment+of+neurogenetic+events.+Results+show+how+heterochronic+changes+play+an+adaptive+role+in+the+evolution+of+neural+networks.&rft.publisher=Morgan+Kaufmann&rft.contributor=Banzhaf%2C+W&rft.contributor=et+al.%2C+&rft.date=1999&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpostscript&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2021%2F1%2Fangelosi-gecco99.ps&rft.identifier=++Cangelosi%2C+Angelo++(1999)+Heterochrony+and+adaptation+in+developing+neural+networks.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2021%2F