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GECCO
2003
Springer
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An Analysis of a Reordering Operator with Tournament Selection on a GA-Hard Problem
This paper analyzes the performance of a genetic algorithm that utilizes tournament selection, one-point crossover, and a reordering operator. A model is proposed to describe the c...
Ying-Ping Chen, David E. Goldberg
GECCO
2003
Springer
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The General Yard Allocation Problem
The General Yard Allocation Problem (GYAP) is a resource allocation problem faced by the Port of Singapore Authority. Here, space allocation for cargo is minimized for all incoming...
Ping Chen, Zhaohui Fu, Andrew Lim, Brian Rodrigues
GECCO
2003
Springer
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Improving Evolvability of Genetic Parallel Programming Using Dynamic Sample Weighting
Abstract. This paper investigates the sample weighting effect on Genetic Parallel Programming (GPP) that evolves parallel programs to solve the training samples captured directly f...
Sin Man Cheang, Kin-Hong Lee, Kwong-Sak Leung
GECCO
2003
Springer
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Constrained Multi-objective Optimization Using Steady State Genetic Algorithms
Deepti Chafekar, Jiang Xuan, Khaled Rasheed
GECCO
2003
Springer
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Are Multiple Runs of Genetic Algorithms Better than One?
Abstract. There are conflicting reports over whether multiple independent runs of genetic algorithms (GAs) with small populations can reach solutions of higher quality or can fin...
Erick Cantú-Paz, David E. Goldberg
GECCO
2003
Springer
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Selection in the Presence of Noise
For noisy optimization problems, there is generally a trade-off between the effort spent to reduce the noise (in order to allow the optimization algorithm to run properly), and t...
Jürgen Branke, Christian Schmidt 0002
GECCO
2003
Springer
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A Generalized Feedforward Neural Network Architecture and Its Training Using Two Stochastic Search Methods
Shunting Inhibitory Artificial Neural Networks (SIANNs) are biologically inspired networks in which the synaptic interactions are mediated via a nonlinear mechanism called shuntin...
Abdesselam Bouzerdoum, Rainer Mueller
GECCO
2003
Springer
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Pruning Neural Networks with Distribution Estimation Algorithms
Abstract. This paper describes the application of four evolutionary algorithms to the pruning of neural networks used in classification problems. Besides of a simple genetic algor...
Erick Cantú-Paz
GECCO
2003
Springer
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Predicate Expression Cost Functions to Guide Evolutionary Search for Test Data
Several researchers are using evolutionary search methods to search for test data with which to test a program. The fitness or cost function depends on the test goal but almost in...
Leonardo Bottaci
GECCO
2003
Springer
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Ant Colony Programming for Approximation Problems
Abstract. A method of automatic programming, called genetic programming, assumes that the desired program is found by using a genetic algorithm. We propose an idea of ant colony pr...
Mariusz Boryczka, Zbigniew J. Czech, Wojciech Wiec...