Hands-On Neuroevolution with Python

Environment setup

Before we start writing the code related to the XOR experiment, the appropriate Python environment should be created, and all the dependencies need to be installed into it. Follow these steps to set up the work environment properly:

1. A Python 3.5 virtual environment for the XOR experiment is created using the conda command from the Anaconda Distribution, as follows:

$ conda create --name XOR_neat python=3.5

Make sure that Anaconda Distribution is installed in your system, as described in Chapter 2, Python Libraries and Environment Setup.

2. To use the newly created virtual environment, you must activate it:

$ conda activate XOR_neat

3. After that, the NEAT-Python library can be installed into an active environment using the ...