3 papers
cs.ET2026
Open Questions about Time and Self-reference in Living Systems
Samson Abramsky, Wolfgang Banzhaf, Leo S. D. Caves +5
Living systems exhibit a range of fundamental characteristics: they are active, self-referential, self-modifying systems. This paper explores how these characteristics create chall…
cs.LG2025
GreenFactory: Ensembling Zero-Cost Proxies to Estimate Performance of Neural Networks
Gabriel Cortês, Nuno Lourenço, Paolo Romano +1
Determining the performance of a Deep Neural Network during Neural Architecture Search processes is essential for identifying optimal architectures and hyperparameters. Traditional…
cs.NE2025
On the Dynamics of Mating Preferences in Genetic Programming
José Maria Simões, Nuno Lourenço, Penousal Machado
Several mating restriction techniques have been implemented in Evolutionary Algorithms to promote diversity. From similarity-based selection to niche preservation, the general goal…