Many metaheuristics have difficulty exploring their search space comprehensively. Exploration time and efficiency are highly dependent on the size and the ruggedness of the search...
In this paper we examine how the choice of functions in a genetic program (GP) affects the rate of code growth and the development of resilient individuals. We find that functio...
This paper discusses the underlying pressures responsible for code growth in genetic programming, and shows how an understanding of these pressures can be used to use to eliminate...