Generalized Genetic Algorithm Generated Artificial Neural Network

This is the first in a series of reports to document development of a generalized method to create artificial neural networks (ANNs) via a genetic algorithm (GA). This report will be divided into several main sections. The goal of this project is to develop a library of ANNs that can be used to resolve a variety of problems. The initial development goal is to demonstrate its viability by accurately distinguishing between women and men when provided key facial data. Due to the generalized nature of the ANN creation process it should be straight forward to train a number of specialized ANNs.