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Coevolutionary optimisation suffers from a series of problems that interfere with the progressive escalating arms races that are hoped might solve difficult classes of optimisation problem. Here we explore the extent to which encouraging moderation in one coevolving population (termed parasites) can alleviate the problem of coevolutionary disengagement. Results suggest that, under these conditions, disengagement is avoided through maintaining variation in relative fitness scores. In order to explore whether standard diversity maintenance techniques such as resource sharing could achieve the same effects, we compare moderating virulence with resource sharing in a simple matching game. We demonstrate that moderating parasite virulence differs significantly from resource sharing, and that its tendency to prevent disengagement can also reduce the likelihood of coevolutionary optimisation halting at mediocre stable states.
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Cartlidge, J., Bullock, S. (2003). Caring versus Sharing: How to Maintain Engagement and Diversity in Coevolving Populations. In: Banzhaf, W., Ziegler, J., Christaller, T., Dittrich, P., Kim, J.T. (eds) Advances in Artificial Life. ECAL 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2801. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-39432-7_32
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