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CEC
2007
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
On the analysis of average time complexity of estimation of distribution algorithms
— Estimation of Distribution Algorithm (EDA) is a well-known stochastic optimization technique. The average time complexity is a crucial criterion that measures the performance o...
Tianshi Chen, Ke Tang, Guoliang Chen, Xin Yao
CEC
2007
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
A Utile Function Optimizer
Abstract— We recast the problem of unconstrained continuous evolutionary optimization as inference in a fixed graphical model. This approach allows us to address several pervasi...
Christopher K. Monson, Kevin D. Seppi, James L. Ca...
CEC
2007
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Fingerprint analysis of the noisy prisoner's dilemma
Abstract— Fingerprinting is a technique that permits automatic classification of strategies for playing a game. In this study the evolution of strategies for playing the iterate...
Daniel A. Ashlock, Eun-Youn Kim, Wendy Ashlock
CEC
2007
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
N-gram fitness function with a constraint in a musical evolutionary system
—This paper describes an evolutionary music composition system that combines trainable music critics with a bag of notes constraint. Unlike many evolutionary composition systems,...
Man Yat Lo, Simon M. Lucas
CEC
2007
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
MRI brain image segmentation by fuzzy symmetry based genetic clustering technique
—In this paper, an automatic segmentation technique of multispectral magnetic resonance image of the brain using a new fuzzy point symmetry based genetic clustering technique is ...
Sriparna Saha, Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay
CEC
2007
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Experiments with Monte Carlo Othello
— In this paper, we report on our experiments with using Monte Carlo simulation (specifically the UCT algorithm) as the basis for an Othello playing program. Monte Carlo methods ...
Philip Hingston, Martin Masek
CEC
2007
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Implicit alternative splicing for genetic algorithms
— In this paper we present a new nature-inspired variation operator for binary encodings in genetic algorithms (GAs). Our method, called implicit alternative splicing (iAS), is r...
Philipp Rohlfshagen, John A. Bullinaria
CEC
2007
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Evolving the best-response strategy to decide when to make a proposal
— This paper designed and developed negotiation agents with the distinguishing features of 1) conducting continuous time negotiation rather than discrete time negotiation, 2) lea...
Bo An, Kwang Mong Sim, Victor R. Lesser
CEC
2007
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Comparing bio-inspired algorithms in constrained optimization problems
Abstract— This paper presents a comparison of four bioinspired algorithms (all seen as search engines) with a similar constraint-handling mechanism (Deb’s feasibility rules) to...
Efrén Mezura-Montes, Blanca Cecilia Lopez-R...