Looking Under the EA Hood with Price's Equation

Abstract. In this paper we show how tools based on extensions of Price’s equation allow us to look inside production-level EAs to see how selection, representation, and reproductive operators interact with each other, and how these interactions affect EA performance. With such tools it is possible to understand at a deeper level how existing EAs work as well as provide support for making better design decisions involving new EC applications.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: GECCO
• Authors: Jeffrey K. Bassett, Mitchell A. Potter, Kenneth A. De Jong
• Keywords: Better Design Decisions, GECCO 2004, Interactions Affect Ea, Production-level Eas