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General Lower Bounds for the Running Time of Evolutionary Algorithms

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General Lower Bounds for the Running Time of Evolutionary Algorithms
Abstract. We present a new method for proving lower bounds in evolutionary computation based on fitness-level arguments and an additional condition on transition probabilities between fitness levels. The method yields exact or near-exact lower bounds for LO, OneMax, and all functions with a unique optimum. All lower bounds hold for every evolutionary algorithm that only uses standard mutation as variation operator.
Dirk Sudholt
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Type Journal
Year 2010
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Authors Dirk Sudholt
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