Non-Linear Genetic Representations

The limitations of linear chromosomes and conventional recombination operators are reviewed. It is argued that there are at least three classes of problems for which such representations and operators are likely to be ineffective. Methods for constructing operators which manipulate more complex structures with evolutionary search methods are presented, and it is argued that whenever possible, genetic operators and analogues of schemata should be defined directly in space of phenotypes, rather than in the genotype (representation) space.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1992
• Where: PPSN
• Authors: Nicholas J. Radcliffe
• Keywords: Conventional Recombination Operators, Distributed And Parallel Computing, Evolutionary Search Methods, Operators, PPSN 1992