A Historical Population in a Coevolutionary System

Abstract

The use of memory in coevolutionary systems is considered an important mechanism to counter the Red Queen effect. Our research involves incorporating a memory population that the coevolving populations compete against to obtain a fitness that is influenced by past generations. This long term fitness then allows the population to have continuous learning that awards individuals that do well against the current populations, as well as previous winning individuals. By allowing continued learning, the individuals in the populations increase their overall ability to play the game of TEMPO, not just to play a single round with the current opposition.