Crossover operators that preserve common components can also preserve representation level constraints. Consequently, these constraints can be used to beneficially reduce the sea...
The Commonality-Based Crossover Framework has been presented as a general model for designing problem specific operators. Following this model, the Common Features/Random Sample ...
Stephen Y. Chen, Cesar Guerra-Salcedo, Stephen F. ...
This paper presents a study of parallel genetic algorithms (GAs) with multiple populations (also called demes or islands). The study makes explicit the relation between the probab...
The last few years there has been an increasing amount of interest in the eld of distribution estimation optimization algorithms. As more techniques are introduced, the variety in...
This paper discusses the simulation results of a model of biological development for neural networks based on a regulatory genome. The model’s results are analyzed using the fra...
This paper presents results from on-going investigations into the performance of the Michiganstyle classifier system in a complex multi-agent environment. Using a simplified model...
This paper deals with the study of population diversity in Genetic Algorithms for Job Shop Scheduling Problems. A definition of population diversity at the phenotype level and a ...
This paper explores the use of growth processes, or embryogenies, to map genotypes to phenotypes within evolutionary systems. Following a summary of the significant features of em...