Using a set of model landscapes we examine how different mutation rates affect different search metrics. We show that very universal heuristics, such as 1/N and the error threshol...
We present a genetic model based on simulated recombination of fixed sequences of quaternary genes (assuming four distinct forms, or alleles). States and dynamics of the infinite ...
This paper presents an information theoretic perspective on design and analysis of evolutionary algorithms. Indicators of solution quality are developed and applied not only to in...
This study aims to design a new co-evolution algorithm, Mixture Co-evolution which enables modeling of integration and composition of direct co-evolution and indirect coevolution....
Achieving a high quality and cost-effective tests is a major concern for software buyers and sellers. Using tools and integrating techniques to carry out low cost testing are chal...
Salah Bouktif, Giuliano Antoniol, Ettore Merlo, Ma...
Metaheuristics have often been shown to be effective for difficult combinatorial optimization problems. The reason for that, however, remains unclear. A framework for a theory of ...
The paper examines various applicability issues of the negative selection algorithms (NSA). Recently, concerns were raised on the use of NSAs, especially those using real-valued r...
The No-Free-Lunch theorems (NFLTs) are criticized for being too general to be of any relevance to the real world scenario. This paper investigates, both formally and empirically, ...