Hands-On Neuroevolution with Python

The visual object definition

Each of the allowed configurations of pixels in the specific part of the retina space can be represented as a separate visual object. The Python class encapsulating the related functionality is named VisualObject and is defined in the retina_experiment.py file. It has the following constructor:

    def __init__(self, configuration, side, size=2):        self.size = size        self.side = side        self.configuration = configuration        self.data = np.zeros((size, size))                # Parse configuration        lines = self.configuration.splitlines()        for r, line in enumerate(lines):            chars = line.split(" ")            for c, ch in enumerate(chars):                if ch == 'o':                    # pixel is ON                    self.data[r, c] = 1.0                else:                    # pixel is OFF                    self.data[r, c] = 0.0

The constructor receives ...