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GECCO
2003
Springer
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Implicit Parallelism
This paper assumes a search space of fixed-length strings, where the size of the alphabet can vary from position to position. Structural crossover is mask-based crossover, and thu...
Alden H. Wright, Michael D. Vose, Jonathan E. Rowe
GECCO
2003
Springer
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Learning Biped Locomotion from First Principles on a Simulated Humanoid Robot Using Linear Genetic Programming
We describe the first instance of an approach for control programming of humanoid robots, based on evolution as the main adaptation mechanism. In an attempt to overcome some of th...
Krister Wolff, Peter Nordin
GECCO
2003
Springer
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The Underlying Similarity of Diversity Measures Used in Evolutionary Computation
In this paper we compare and analyze the various diversity measures used in the Evolutionary Computation field. While each measure looks quite different from the others in form, we...
Mark Wineberg, Franz Oppacher
GECCO
2003
Springer
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Quad Search and Hybrid Genetic Algorithms
A bit climber using a Gray encoding is guaranteed to converge to a global optimum in fewer than ¢¤£¦¥¨§© evaluations on unimodal 1-D functions and on multi-dimensional sph...
L. Darrell Whitley, Deon Garrett, Jean-Paul Watson
GECCO
2003
Springer
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Revisiting Elitism in Ant Colony Optimization
Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) has been applied successfully in solving the Traveling Salesman Problem. Marco Dorigo et al. used Ant System (AS) to explore the Symmetric Traveling S...
Tony White, Simon Kaegi, Terri Oda
GECCO
2003
Springer
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DNA-Like Genomes for Evolution in silico
We explore the advantages of DNA-like genomes for evolutionary computation in silico. Coupled with simulations of chemical reactions, these genomes offer greater efficiency, reliab...
Michael West, Max H. Garzon, Derrel Blain
GECCO
2003
Springer
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Taming a Flood with a T-CUP - Designing Flood-Control Structures with a Genetic Algorithm
This paper describes the use of a genetic algorithm to solve a hydrology design problem - determining an optimal or near-optimal prescription of Best Management Practices in a flo...
Jeff Wallace, Sushil J. Louis
GECCO
2003
Springer
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Optimization Using Particle Swarms with Near Neighbor Interactions
This paper presents a modification of the particle swarm optimization algorithm (PSO) intended to combat the problem of premature convergence observed in many applications of PSO. ...
Kalyan Veeramachaneni, Thanmaya Peram, Chilukuri K...
GECCO
2003
Springer
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Evolutionary Two-Dimensional DNA Sequence Alignment
This article presents a model for DNA sequence alignment. In our model, a finite state automaton writes two-dimensional maps of nucleotide sequences. An evolutionary method for se...
Edgar E. Vallejo, Fernando Ramos
GECCO
2003
Springer
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The Virtual Gene Genetic Algorithm
This paper presents the virtual gene genetic algorithm (vgGA) which is a generalization of traditional genetic algorithms that use binary linear chromosomes. In the vgGA, tradition...
Manuel Valenzuela-Rendón