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GECCO
2003
Springer
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Generative Representations for Evolving Families of Designs
Abstract. Since typical evolutionary design systems encode only a single artifact with each individual, each time the objective changes a new set of individuals must be evolved. Wh...
Gregory Hornby
GECCO
2003
Springer
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Quadrilateral Mesh Smoothing Using a Steady State Genetic Algorithm
Abstract. This paper investigates the use of a steady state genetic algorithm (GA) to perform quadrilateral finite element mesh smoothing. GAS short for genetic algorithm smoother...
Mike Holder, Charles L. Karr
GECCO
2003
Springer
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Distributed Probabilistic Model-Building Genetic Algorithm
In this paper, a new model of Probabilistic Model-Building Genetic Algorithms (PMBGAs), Distributed PMBGA (DPMBGA), is proposed. In the DPMBGA, the correlation among the design var...
Tomoyuki Hiroyasu, Mitsunori Miki, Masaki Sano, Hi...
GECCO
2003
Springer
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Multi-FPGA Systems Synthesis by Means of Evolutionary Computation
Abstract. Multi-FPGA systems (MFS) are used for a great variety of applications, for instance, dynamically re-configurable hardware applications, digital circuit emulation, and num...
José Ignacio Hidalgo, Francisco Ferná...
GECCO
2003
Springer
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Hybridization of Estimation of Distribution Algorithms with a Repair Method for Solving Constraint Satisfaction Problems
Estimation of Distribution Algorithms (EDAs) are new promising methods in the field of genetic and evolutionary algorithms. In the case of conventional Genetic and Evolutionary Al...
Hisashi Handa
GECCO
2003
Springer
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On Setting the Parameters of QEA for Practical Applications: Some Guidelines Based on Empirical Evidence
In this paper, some guidelines for setting the parameters of quantum-inspired evolutionary algorithm (QEA) are presented. Although the performance of QEA is excellent, there is rel...
Kuk-Hyun Han, Jong-Hwan Kim
GECCO
2003
Springer
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Hardware Evolution of Analog Speed Controllers for a DC Motor
Evolvable hardware provides the capability to evolve analog circuits to produce amplifier and filter functions. Conventional analog controller designs employ these same functions...
David A. Gwaltney, Michael I. Ferguson
GECCO
2003
Springer
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GA-Hardness Revisited
Haipeng Guo, William H. Hsu
GECCO
2003
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
A Kernighan-Lin Local Improvement Heuristic That Solves Some Hard Problems in Genetic Algorithms
We present a Kernighan-Lin style local improvement heuristic for genetic algorithms. We analyze the run-time cost of the heuristic. We demonstrate through experiments that the heur...
William A. Greene