A distributed, scalable, multi-layered approach to evolvable systems design using FPGA's

摘要

In this paper a distributed framework for evolvable hardware system design is presentd. This framework allows the automatic evolution of digital circuits through the use of evolvable hardware and offers distribution of the evolutionary algorithm and fitness evaluation resources. The system is scalable and permits evolution of circuits over a wide range of complexities, with the use of a layered approach offering architecture independence. An illustration of the system is given where a circuit is automatically evolved for a classical signal processing problem.