Deep learning improves evolutionary algorithms' adaptability.
problem Improving evolutionary algorithms' adaptability to various circumstances.
method Using deep reinforcement learning to dynamically adjust evolutionary algorithms' strategies.
result Deep learning enhances evolutionary algorithms' fitness increase and attainable fitness.
Paper withdrawn; AI game behavior needs diversity.
problem Creating varied human-like playing styles in games.
method Evolutionary multi-objective deep reinforcement learning.
result Generated diverse AI behaviors for games.
Deep learning quantifies butterfly phenotypes, validating evolutionary theory.
problem Capturing comprehensive phenotypic information of butterflies.
method Deep convolutional triplet network for phenotypic distance calculation.
result Euclidean phenotypic distances support classical mimicry theory.
Study uses evolutionary deep learning to identify galaxies obscured by star densities.
problem Identifying galaxies in the Zone of Avoidance due to high star densities and extinction.
method Evolutionary algorithm to optimize CNN architecture for near-infrared images.
result Best evolved CNN outperforms other variants in identifying galaxies in the Zone of Avoidance.
Evolutionary algorithm improves DNN watermarking with fewer false positives.
problem Protecting deep learning models from piracy and proving ownership.
method Evolutionary algorithm for generating and optimizing trigger patterns.
result Reduces false positive rates in DNN watermarking.
A method to control results of gradient descent unsupervised learning in a deep neural network by using evolutionary algorithm is proposed. To process crossover of unsupervisedly trained models, the algorithm evaluates pointwise fitness of individual nodes in neural network. Labeled training data is randomly sampled an…
Evolutionary algorithms improve neural network performance by discovering better activation functions.
problem The choice of activation function affects neural network performance, but ReLU remains dominant.
method Defined a tree-based search space of candidate activation functions and used evolutionary algorithms (mutation, crossover, exhaustive search) to explore and discover better functions.
result Replacing ReLU with evolved activation functions statistically significantly increases network accuracy.
LR-EDNN reduces PDE solver complexity by limiting network weights to low-rank subspace.
problem Efficiently solving time-dependent PDEs with deep neural networks.
method Low-rank constraint on network weights using SVD for efficient parameter updates.
result LR-EDNN achieves comparable accuracy to full EDNN with fewer parameters and lower cost.
This paper is a review of the evolutionary history of deep learning models. It covers from the genesis of neural networks when associationism modeling of the brain is studied, to the models that dominate the last decade of research in deep learning like convolutional neural networks, deep belief networks, and recurrent…
A real-time federated neural architecture search approach reduces costs and improves performance.
problem High communication and computational demands in federated learning for large models.
method Evolutionary approach with double-sampling technique to optimize model performance and reduce costs.
result Effective real-time federated neural architecture search for deep models on edge devices.
Deep neural networks continue to show improved performance with increasing depth, an encouraging trend that implies an explosion in the possible permutations of network architectures and hyperparameters for which there is little intuitive guidance. To address this increasing complexity, we propose Evolutionary DEep Net…
Neural Architecture Search has shown potential to automate the design of neural networks. Deep Reinforcement Learning based agents can learn complex architectural patterns, as well as explore a vast and compositional search space. On the other hand, evolutionary algorithms offer higher sample efficiency, which is criti…
There has been significant recent interest towards achieving highly efficient deep neural network architectures. A promising paradigm for achieving this is the concept of evolutionary deep intelligence, which attempts to mimic biological evolution processes to synthesize highly-efficient deep neural networks over succe…
Deep neuroevolution, that is evolutionary policy search methods based on deep neural networks, have recently emerged as a competitor to deep reinforcement learning algorithms due to their better parallelization capabilities. However, these methods still suffer from a far worse sample efficiency. In this paper we invest…
PDERL improves evolutionary reinforcement learning by using learning-based variation operators.
problem Scalability issue in Genetic Algorithms when combined with Deep Neural Networks.
method Integrates evolutionary and reinforcement learning through a hierarchical approach with learning-based variation operators.
result PDERL outperforms traditional evolutionary and reinforcement learning methods in robot locomotion tasks.
Deep Optimisation (DO) combines evolutionary search with Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) in a novel way - not for optimising a learning algorithm, but for finding a solution to an optimisation problem. Deep learning has been successfully applied to classification, regression, decision and generative tasks and in this paper…
New method shows cultural transmission improves language compositionality.
problem How cultural transmission affects language emergence and compositionality.
method Introduced cultural evolutionary dynamics into language emergence by periodically replacing agents in a population.
result Languages emerge with better compositional generalization due to implicit cultural transmission.
Deep neural network learning can be formulated as a non-convex optimization problem. Existing optimization algorithms, e.g., Adam, can learn the models fast, but may get stuck in local optima easily. In this paper, we introduce a novel optimization algorithm, namely GADAM (Genetic-Evolutionary Adam). GADAM learns deep …
High-frequency trading models fail due to overfitting and survivor bias.
problem Failure of hybrid DRL-EC trading systems in high-frequency environments.
method Deployed a population of 500 agents in a high-frequency cryptocurrency environment, analyzing failure modes through multi-disciplinary lens.
result Increasing model complexity without information asymmetry exacerbates systemic fragility.
A hybrid method improves Convolutional Neural Networks training.
problem Training Convolutional Neural Networks efficiently and avoiding local minima.
method Combines backpropagation with evolutionary strategies.
result Improves accuracy by 0.61% on CIFAR-10 image classification.
Time series prediction with deep learning methods, especially long short-term memory neural networks (LSTMs), have scored significant achievements in recent years. Despite the fact that the LSTMs can help to capture long-term dependencies, its ability to pay different degree of attention on sub-window feature within mu…
Automatically discovers effective activation functions for deep learning.
problem Inconsistent performance of novel activation functions in deep learning networks.
method Evolutionary search for general form, gradient descent for parameters.
result Significant performance improvements over ReLU and other functions.
Trading strategies evolve in a simulated market to outperform real data.
problem Creating profitable trading strategies in diverse market conditions.
method Agent-based model of heterogeneous agents evolving deep neural networks.
result Elite trading algorithms outperform in real high-frequency foreign exchange data.
Survey of neural architecture search methods.
problem Automating the selection of neural network architectures.
method Comprehensive analysis of existing methods using reinforcement learning, evolutionary algorithms, and surrogate models.
result Unified formalism for categorizing and comparing architecture search methods.
Regression or classification? This is perhaps the most basic question faced when tackling a new supervised learning problem. We present an Evolutionary Deep Learning (EDL) algorithm that automatically solves this by identifying the question type with high accuracy, along with a proposed deep architecture. Typically, a …
Paper improves deep learning for solving evolutionary equations with trainable hard constraints.
problem Low computational accuracy of standard PINNs in large temporal domains.
method Sequential learning strategies and trainable influence functions for hard constraints.
result Significantly improved computational accuracy and universality of the method.
OpEvo automates tensor operator optimization for better efficiency.
problem Manual optimization of tensor operators is inefficient and limited.
method OpEvo uses evolutionary computation with topology-aware mutation.
result OpEvo finds optimal configurations with less effort and variance.
We propose a population-based Evolutionary Stochastic Gradient Descent (ESGD) framework for optimizing deep neural networks. ESGD combines SGD and gradient-free evolutionary algorithms as complementary algorithms in one framework in which the optimization alternates between the SGD step and evolution step to improve th…
Robotic grasping improved using evolutionary computing and deep reinforcement learning.
problem Developing a robot capable of grasping objects as skillfully as humans.
method Position estimation using Genetic Algorithm and regression, orientation learning using deep reinforcement learning.
result Deep reinforcement learning model outperforms traditional methods for orientation learning.
Combines variational and evolutionary optimization for generative models.
problem Optimizing generative models with discrete latent variables.
method Truncated posteriors as variational distributions, evolutionary algorithms applied to variational parameters.
result Evolutionary algorithms effectively optimize variational bounds for generative models.
Automates design of lightweight neural networks for image classification.
problem Designing efficient neural networks for edge devices with limited computational resources.
method Uses the Mesh Adaptive Direct Search (MADS) algorithm to optimize network architecture.
result Achieves comparable performance to standard methods with fewer design trials.
Ansor generates high-performance tensor programs for deep learning.
problem Generating high-performance tensor programs for deep learning on various hardware platforms is challenging.
method Ansor uses a hierarchical representation of the search space, sampling programs, and evolutionary search with a learned cost model to find high-performance programs.
result Ansor improves deep neural network execution performance up to 3.8x on Intel CPU, 2.6x on ARM CPU, and 1.7x on NVIDIA GPU.
Deep neuroevolution and deep reinforcement learning (deep RL) algorithms are two popular approaches to policy search. The former is widely applicable and rather stable, but suffers from low sample efficiency. By contrast, the latter is more sample efficient, but the most sample efficient variants are also rather unstab…
evo-RL combines evolutionary computation with reinforcement learning for better adaptability.
problem Improving reinforcement learning algorithms' adaptability and performance in environments with rewardless states.
method Embedding reinforcement learning in an evolutionary cycle, distinguishing instinctive from learnable behavior.
result evo-RL leads to state-of-the-art performance on OpenAI Gym control problems with rewardless states.
New bound for neural nets on non-iid data.
problem Generalization of deep nets for dependent data.
method Establishes a generalization bound for feed-forward neural networks on φ-mixing data. result Proves neural nets can generalize well on non-iid data.
BoGA combines evolutionary search with Bayesian optimization for efficient protein design.
problem Designing novel proteins with specific characteristics is challenging due to sequence space complexity.
method BoGA integrates a genetic algorithm with Bayesian optimization to efficiently explore sequence space.
result BoGA accelerates discovery of high-confidence binders for diverse protein design objectives.
Taking inspiration from biological evolution, we explore the idea of "Can deep neural networks evolve naturally over successive generations into highly efficient deep neural networks?" by introducing the notion of synthesizing new highly efficient, yet powerful deep neural networks over successive generations via an ev…
DHRL learns interpretable features from visual data.
problem Limited use of deep learning in basic research for interpretable features.
method Generative model chaining, ladder network architecture, latent space regularization.
result DHRL generates disentangled hierarchical features from small datasets.
Optimizes master faces for 2D and 3D face verification using evolutionary algorithms and neural networks.
problem Impersonation attacks using master faces for face-based identity authentication.
method Evolutionary algorithm in latent space of StyleGAN, neural network to direct search, 2D and 3D face reconstruction.
result Obtains high impersonation rates with fewer master faces for 2D and 3D face verification.
Momentum speeds up evolutionary processes in machine learning.
problem Accelerating convergence in evolutionary dynamics.
method Combining momentum from machine learning with evolutionary dynamics using information divergences as Lyapunov functions.
result Momentum accelerates convergence of evolutionary dynamics, including the replicator equation and Euclidean gradient descent.
Neuro-Evolution is a field of study that has recently gained significantly increased traction in the deep learning community. It combines deep neural networks and evolutionary algorithms to improve and/or automate the construction of neural networks. Recent Neuro-Evolution approaches have shown promising results, rival…
This paper proposes AI-based solutions for optimizing semiconductor manufacturing processes.
problem Optimizing semiconductor manufacturing processes with advanced analytics.
method Evolutionary Computing and Deep Learning algorithms for feature selection and neural networks.
result Advanced algorithm for intelligent feature selection in semiconductor manufacturing.
BEKAN uses RBFs and evolutionary methods to solve PDEs with boundary conditions.
problem Enforcing boundary conditions in neural networks for PDE solutions.
method Boundary condition-guaranteed evolutionary Kolmogorov-Arnold Network (BEKAN) with radial basis functions (RBFs). Incorporates Dirichlet, periodic, and Neumann conditions.
result BEKAN outperforms MLP and B-splines KAN in solving PDEs with boundary conditions.
Deep reinforcement learning (RL) methods generally engage in exploratory behavior through noise injection in the action space. An alternative is to add noise directly to the agent's parameters, which can lead to more consistent exploration and a richer set of behaviors. Methods such as evolutionary strategies use param…
PhyloVAE learns tree topologies without supervision.
problem Learning accurate tree representations from evolutionary data.
method Unsupervised learning via variational autoencoders with efficient tree generation.
result PhyloVAE generates high-resolution tree topologies efficiently.
MERL uses evolutionary and gradient-based methods to optimize sparse team-based and dense agent-specific rewards in multiagent coordination.
problem Training multiagent reinforcement learning policies on sparse team-based rewards is difficult and relying solely on agent-specific rewards is sub-optimal.
method MERL employs a split-level training platform with an evolutionary algorithm and a gradient-based optimizer, transferring skills between the two processes.
result MERL significantly outperforms state-of-the-art methods on coordination benchmarks.
This paper studies adversarial examples in NIDS, revealing their vulnerability.
problem Vulnerability of machine learning-based NIDS to adversarial examples.
method Used evolutionary computation and deep learning to generate adversarial examples.
result Adversarial examples cause high misclassification rates in various machine learning models.
New algorithm improves game learning with randomised optimism.
problem Learning in matrix games with unknown payoffs and bandit feedback.
method Integrates evolutionary algorithms into bandit framework for randomised optimism.
result Achieves sublinear regret, outperforming classical methods.