Genetic Dots

Simulate dots walking across a plane over multiple generations, learning to become more accurate after every generation.

Running

Open Driver.m in MATLAB 2015+ and click the Run button

Driver.m
- start: (x, y) coordinate where all dots start from
- goal: (x, y) coordinate where all dots should try to get to
- num_gens: number of generations to simulate
Move.m
- pop_size: population size
- num_keep: the best this many individuals to keep each generation
- max_step: the largest distance any individual can take in one simulation step
- mutation_rate: the percentage of directions which will change on new individuals each generation
- plane_size: the greatest coordinate (both x and y) that an agent can step to without dying off

The number of steps each generation is determined by the distance to goal from start in Driver.m and the dist_modifier in Move.m
The plane_size in Move.m does not check if start and goal are within the bounds; ensure start and goal are within the square defined by the corners (0, 0) and the plane_size coordinate
Diagonal start and goal coordinates yield better results than keeping start and goal on the same x or y line due to how new directions are chosen