An empirical investigation into correlation functions in a spatially-dispersed evolutionary algorithm
Dick, Grant
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Dick, G. (2004). An empirical investigation into correlation functions in a spatially-dispersed evolutionary algorithm (pp. 23–34). Presented at the 16th Annual Colloquium of the Spatial Information Research Centre (SIRC 2004: A Spatio-temporal Workshop).
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http://hdl.handle.net/10523/762
Abstract:
Spatially-structured populations play an important role in controlling selection pressure in evolutionary algorithms. The imposing space on a evolving population has traditionally been biased toward the underlying architecture that the population is executed on. The spatially dispersed evolutionary algorithm (sdEA) is an attempt to model population structures incorporating more probabilistic measures into the construction of demes. One important component of the sdEA in determining demes is the correlation function. This paper introduces three new correlation functions into the realm of the sdEA and compares their resultant behaviours on four differing test cases. Initial results indicate that the design of a correlation function should bias deme construction to small areas in the population surface.
Date:
2004-11
Conference:
16th Annual Colloquium of the Spatial Information Research Centre (SIRC 2004: A Spatio-temporal Workshop), Dunedin, New Zealand
Keywords:
spatial structures; deme construction; location correlation; Evolutionary Algorithms
Research Type:
Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)