(Disney Meets Darwin)
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Suguru Ishizaki for his continual inspiration and advice
I would also like to thank:
Ron MacNeil for the many interesting ideas and great conversations, which helped to form this thesis
Muriel Cooper for creating the Visible Language Workshop and the original vision, which has made this work possible
Louie Weitzman for his friendly advice and survival tips, and for the fuzzy kitties - Mies and Bou
All the other folks of the Visible Language Workshop who have contributed ideas and debugging tips: Dave, Karen, Didier, BC, Craig, Allen, Maia, Xiaoyang, Lisa, Yinyin, Ishantha, Earl, Robin, Christa, John, and of course, Sukey
Mitch Resnick for his ideas about (ideas about) evolution
Joe Marks for his sound advice on the use of genetic algorithms in character animation
Tim Bird of Paws, Inc., for an inspired mixture of algorithms and laughs
Linda Peterson for helping me with organization, and much appreciated consultation
Brother Philip for the good laughs over the phone, which helped to reduce the pains in the frontal lobe
Nuala for a loving background to all the madness
Finally, and most of all, to my Mom
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