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A proposal for a model of morphogenesis process taking inspiration from biology is presented in this paper. This process uses a chromosome as a production system to create an artificial neural network. It starts with a single cell containing the chromosome. Cells can divide and establish connections among them. Both structure and weights of the neural network are defined by the morphogenesis process. An application to a neural network driving an autonomous mobile robot is presented which exhibits encouraging first results.
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Michel, O., Biondi, J. (1995). From the Chromosome to the Neural Network. In: Artificial Neural Nets and Genetic Algorithms. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-7535-4_23
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