Foundations of Genetic Algorithms 1995 (FOGA 3)
- 1st Edition, Volume 3 - March 7, 1994
- Imprint: Morgan Kaufmann
- Editor: FOGA
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 9 3 3 - 0 6 1 7 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 9 5 0 2 - 2
Foundations of Genetic Algorithms, 3 focuses on the principles, methodologies, and approaches involved in the integration of genetic algorithm into mainstream mathematics, as well… Read more
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Request a sales quoteFoundations of Genetic Algorithms, 3 focuses on the principles, methodologies, and approaches involved in the integration of genetic algorithm into mainstream mathematics, as well as genetic operators, genetic programming, and evolutionary algorithms. The selection first offers information on an experimental design perspective on genetic algorithms; schema theorem and price's theorem; and fitness variance of formae and performance prediction. Discussions focus on representation-independent recombination, representation-independent mutation and hill-climbing, recombination and the re-emergence of schemata, and Walsh transforms and deception. The publication then examines the troubling aspects of a building block hypothesis for genetic programming and order statistics for convergence velocity analysis of simplified evolutionary algorithms. The manuscript ponders on stability of vertex fixed points and applications; predictive models using fitness distributions of genetic operators; and modeling simple genetic algorithms for permutation problems. Topics include exact models for permutations, fitness distributions of genetic operators, predictive model based on linear fitness distributions, and stability in the simplex. The book also takes a look at the role of development in genetic algorithms and productive recombination and propagating and preserving schemata. The selection is a dependable source of data for mathematicians and researchers interested in genetic algorithms.
Introduction
Part 1: Schema Based Analyses
An Experimental Design Perspective on Genetic Algorithms
The Schema Theorem and Price's Theorem
Fitness Variance of Formae and Performance Prediction
The Troubling Aspects of a Building Block Hypothesis for Genetic Programming
Part 2: Convergence and Predictive Models
Order Statistics for Convergence Velocity Analysis of Simplified Evolutionary Algorithms
Stability of Vertex Fixed Points and Applications
Using Markov Chains to Analyze GAFOs
Predictive Models Using Fitness Distributions of Genetic Operators
Modeling Simple Genetic Algorithms for Permutation Problems
Population Size and Genetic Drift in Fitness Sharing
An Approach to the Study of Sensitivity for a Class of Genetic Algorithms
Part 3: Fitness Landscapes and Genetic Operators
Genetic Algorithm Difficulty and the Modality of Fitness Landscapes
Greedy Recombination and Genetic Search on the Space of Computer Programs
Productive Recombination and Propagating and Preserving Schemata
The Role of Development in Genetic Algorithms
Author Index
Key Word Index
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 3
- Published: March 7, 1994
- No. of pages (eBook): 300
- Imprint: Morgan Kaufmann
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9781493306176
- eBook ISBN: 9781483295022
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