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Classifier Systems for Continuous Payoff Environments

Stewart W. Wilson

Prediction Dynamics, Concord MA 01742 USA, Department of General Engineering, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign IL 61801 USA
wilson@prediction-dynamics.com

Abstract. Recognizing that many payoff functions are continuous and depend on the input state x, the classifier system architecture XCS is extended so that a classifier’s prediction is a linear function of x. On a continuous nonlinear problem, the extended system, XCS-LP, exhibits high performance and low error, as well as dramatically smaller evolved populations compared with XCS. Linear predictions are seen as a new direction in the quest for powerful generalization in classifier systems.

LNCS 3103, p. 824 ff.

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