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2006
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How an optimal observer can collapse the search space

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How an optimal observer can collapse the search space
Many metaheuristics have difficulty exploring their search space comprehensively. Exploration time and efficiency are highly dependent on the size and the ruggedness of the search space. For instance, the Simple Genetic Algorithm (SGA) is not totally suited to traverse very large landscapes, especially deceptive ones. The approach introduced here aims at improving the exploration process of the SGA by adding a second search process through the way the solutions are coded. An "observer" is defined as each possible encoding that aims at reducing the search space. Adequacy of one observer is computed by applying this specific encoding and evaluating how this observer is beneficial for the SGA run. The observers are trained for a specific time by a second evolutionary stage. During the evolution of the observers, the most suitable observer helps the SGA to find a solution to the tackled problem faster. These observers aim at collapsing the search space and smoothing its ruggedne...
Christophe Philemotte, Hugues Bersini
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Type Conference
Year 2006
Where GECCO
Authors Christophe Philemotte, Hugues Bersini
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