Evolving specific network statistical properties using a gene regulatory network model

Abstract. The generation of network topologies with specific, userspecified statistical properties is the aim of this paper. This is achieved through the use of an artifical Gene Regulatory Network Model, shown previously to be able to correctly seed the population of an evolutionary algorithm, with the aim of steering the evolution towards the desired topologies. This method had previously been shown to be able to evolve scale-free topologies; the results obtained in this paper reinforce the applicability of the method, showing that the evolution of small-world topologies is also possible.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: GECCO
• Authors: Miguel Nicolau, Marc Schoenauer
• Keywords: GECCO 2009, Gene Regulatory Network, Network Topologies, Optimization, Scale-free Topologies