Homologous Crossover in Genetic Programming

In recent years, the genetic programming crossover operator has been criticized on both theoretical and empirical grounds. This paper introduces a new crossover operator for linear genomes that encourages the emergence of positional homology in the population. Preliminary experimental results suggest that this approach is a promising direction for redesign of the mechanism of crossover.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1999
• Where: GECCO
• Authors: Frank D. Francone, Markus Conrads, Wolfgang Banzhaf, Peter Nordin
• Keywords: Crossover Operator, GECCO 1999, Optimization, Positional Homology, Programming Crossover Operator