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GECCO
2006
Springer
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Comparing evolutionary and temporal difference methods in a reinforcement learning domain
Both genetic algorithms (GAs) and temporal difference (TD) methods have proven effective at solving reinforcement learning (RL) problems. However, since few rigorous empirical com...
Matthew E. Taylor, Shimon Whiteson, Peter Stone
GECCO
2006
Springer
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A hybrid genetic search for multiple sequence alignment
This paper proposes a hybrid genetic algorithm for multiple sequence alignment. The algorithm evolves guide sequences and aligns input sequences based on the guide sequences. It a...
Seung-Hyun Moon, Sung-Soon Choi, Byung Ro Moon
GECCO
2006
Springer
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A fast hybrid genetic algorithm for the quadratic assignment problem
Genetic algorithms (GAs) have recently become very popular by solving combinatorial optimization problems. In this paper, we propose an extension of the hybrid genetic algorithm f...
Alfonsas Misevicius
GECCO
2006
Springer
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Genetic algorithms for action set selection across domains: a demonstration
Action set selection in Markov Decision Processes (MDPs) is an area of research that has received little attention. On the other hand, the set of actions available to an MDP agent...
Greg Lee, Vadim Bulitko
GECCO
2006
Springer
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A genetic algorithm with backtracking for protein structure prediction
In this paper, we propose a simple genetic algorithm for finding the optimal conformation of a protein using the three-dimensional square HP model. A backtracking procedure is use...
Clayton Matthew Johnson, Anitha Katikireddy
GECCO
2006
Springer
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Segmentation of medical images using a genetic algorithm
Segmentation of medical images is challenging due to poor image contrast and artifacts that result in missing or diffuse organ/tissue boundaries. Consequently, this task involves ...
Payel Ghosh, Melanie Mitchell
GECCO
2006
Springer
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Robot gaits evolved by combining genetic algorithms and binary hill climbing
In this paper an evolutionary algorithm is used for evolving gaits in a walking biped robot controller. The focus is fast learning in a real-time environment. An incremental appro...
Lena Mariann Garder, Mats Erling Høvin
GECCO
2006
Springer
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Genetic algorithms to optimise the time to make stock market investment
The application of Artificial Intelligence described in this article is intended to resolve the issue of speculation on the stock market. Genetic Algorithms is the technique that ...
David de la Fuente, Alejandro Garrido, Jaime Lavia...
GECCO
2006
Springer
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A comparative study of evolutionary optimization techniques in dynamic environments
Genetic Algorithms have widely been used for solving optimization problems in stationary environments. In recent years, there has been a growing interest for investigating and imp...
Demet Ayvaz, Haluk Topcuoglu, Fikret S. Gürge...
GECCO
2006
Springer
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Candlestick stock analysis with genetic algorithms
Candlestick analysis, a form of stock market technical analysis, is well suited for use with a genetic search algorithm. This paper explores an implementation of marrying these tw...
Peter Belford