Non-genetic transmission of memes by diffusion

In recent years, there has been an increase in research activities on Memetic Algorithm (MA). MA works with memes; a meme being defined as “the basic unit of cultural transmission, or imitation” [5]. In this respect, a Memetic Algorithm essentially refers to “an algorithm that mimics the mechanisms of cultural evolution”. To date, there has been significant effort in bringing MA closer to the idea of cultural evolution. In this paper we assess MAs from the perspectives of “Universal Darwinism” and “Memetics”. Subsequently, we propose a Diffusion Memetic Algorithm where the memetic material is transmitted by means of non-genetic transfer. Numerical studies are presented based on some of the commonly used synthetic problems in continuous optimization. Categories and Subject Descriptors I.2.m [Artificial Intelligence]: Miscellaneous—Evolutionary computing and genetic algorithms General Terms Algorithms Keywords Cellular automata, Genetic algorithms, Optimization, Loc...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: GECCO
• Authors: Quang Huy Nguyen 0001, Yew-Soon Ong, Meng-Hiot Lim
• Keywords: Cultural Evolution, Diffusion Memetic Algorithm, GECCO 2008, Memetic Algorithm, Optimization