Evolution and design of distributed learning rules

The paper describes the application of neural networks as learning rules for the training of neural networks. The learning rule is part of the neural network architecture. As a result the learning rule is non-local and globally distributed within the network. The learning rules are evolved using an evolution strategy. The survival of a learning rule is based on its performance in training neural networks on a set of tasks. Training algorithms will be evolved for single layer artificial neural networks. Experimental results show that a learning rule of this type is very capable of generating an efficient training algorithm