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GECCO
2008
Springer
13 years 5 months ago
2008
Springer
Proofs and empirical evidence are presented which show that a subset of algorithms can have identical performance over a subset of functions, even when the subset of functions is ...
EMO
2003
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
2003
Springer
Abstract. The classic NFL theorems are invariably cast in terms of single objective optimization problems. We confirm that the classic NFL theorem holds for general multiobjective ...
GECCO
2008
Springer
13 years 5 months ago
2008
Springer
The No-Free-Lunch theorem is a fundamental result in the field of black-box function optimization. Recent work has shown that coevolution can exhibit free lunches. The question a...
FOGA
1998
13 years 6 months ago
1998
There has been considerable discussion of the pros/cons of recombination and mutation operators in the context of Holland's schema theory. In this paper we de ne a common fra...
EVOW
2008
Springer
13 years 6 months ago
2008
Springer
We introduce the concept of "minimal" search algorithm for a set of functions to optimize. We investigate the structure of closed under permutation (c.u.p.) sets and we c...