Thanks for the great link surveying Evolution and NEAT ( Neuroevolution of Neural Nets ) by Ken Stanley who pioneered the method. The OP is by Risto Miikkulain

Thanks for the great link surveying Evolution and NEAT ( Neuroevolution of Neural Nets ) by Ken Stanley who pioneered the method. The OP is by Risto Miikkulainen who was Stanley's collaborator on NEAT and should not be summarily dismissed.