Papavasileiou, E., & Jansen, B. (2018). Configuring the Parameters of Artificial Neural Networks using NeuroEvolution and Automatic Algorithm Configuration. In GECCO 2018 Companion - Proceedings of the 2018 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion (pp. 61-62). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3205651.3208766

@inproceedings{e0e565ba1571488b9057cd18ad741042,
title = "Configuring the Parameters of Artificial Neural Networks using NeuroEvolution and Automatic Algorithm Configuration",
abstract = "NeuroEvolution (NE) is a powerful method that uses Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs) for learning Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs). However, NE's performance is determined by the definition of dozens of parameters that guide the search of the EAs. In this study we apply automatic algorithm configuration for tuning the parameters of a NE method in an offline matter. The tuned NE method is then used to evolve the weights, topology and activation functions of ANNs while performing feature selection and its performance is compared to the case of using default parameters. We show that tuning the parameters results in NE methods able to solve the problems with 100% accuracy in significantly less generations.",
keywords = "Activation function, NeuroEvolution, Parameter tuning",
author = "Evgenia Papavasileiou and Bart Jansen",
year = "2018",
month = jul,
day = "6",
doi = "10.1145/3205651.3208766",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-1-4503-5618-3",
pages = "61--62",
booktitle = "GECCO 2018 Companion - Proceedings of the 2018 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion",
publisher = "ACM",
note = "The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference 2018, GECCO 2018 ; Conference date: 15-07-2018 Through 19-07-2018",
}