XClotho©

XClotho© ¹ is a software package under development for real-time Evolutionary Computation (EC). XClotho© will be a commercial, platform-independent, open interface, user extensible, Integrated Development Environment (IDE) software product.

XClotho© will provide:
• Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs).
• XCogSci.EC© XML input parsing, editing, and output generation.
• Core set of evolutionary engines.
• Open, plug-in component interfaces for target objective functions, genetic models, genetic operators, evolutions, and real-time visualizers.
• Built-in real-time visualizers and loggers.
• Sample XCogSci.EC© files and libraries of software plug-in components.
• Extensibility to support new developments in EC research.
• Networked parallel operation using the latest in "Grid" computing standards. The XClotho© will free Cognitive Science and Computer Science researchers and students, along with problem demain specific developers (e.g. robotic applications, biological evolution, economic models, etc.) to concentrate on their respective areas of interest.

• Searching the problem space (target objective function) for optimal solutions (i.e. evolving the individual/population fitnesses).
• Exploring, testing and comparing many aspects of EC including, but not limited to:
  • genetic models (genetic encodings, epigenesis, dominance, ...)
  • operators (selection, mutation, ...)
  • evolutions (classical GA, competitive predator-prey, ...)
  • constraint and fitness evaluators

XClotho© v0.1 Screen Shots:

Current Status: Under development

Figure 1: Screen shot of XClotho© 0.1 after a simulation run

Figure 2: Screen shot of XClotho© 0.1 genetic operator configuration

1 Clotho is one of the three Fates in Greek mythology that spins the thread of human life. In modern vernacular: DNA.