PPSN
2010
Springer
13 years 2 months ago
2010
Springer
An important step in gaining a better understanding of the stochastic dynamics of evolving populations, is the development of appropriate analytical tools. We present a new drift t...
PPSN
2010
Springer
13 years 2 months ago
2010
Springer
Abstract. Taking inspiration from approximate ranking, this paper investigates the use of rank-based Support Vector Machine as surrogate model within CMA-ES, enforcing the invarian...
PPSN
2010
Springer
13 years 2 months ago
2010
Springer
In the paper we propose a new evolutionary algorithm for induction of univariate regression trees that associate leaves with simple linear regression models. In contrast to typical...
PPSN
2010
Springer
13 years 2 months ago
2010
Springer
In this paper, we use the exact model (or dynamical system approach) to describe the standard evolutionary algorithm (EA) as a discrete dynamical system for dynamic optimization pr...
PPSN
2010
Springer
13 years 2 months ago
2010
Springer
The hypervolume indicator is widely used to guide the search and to evaluate the performance of evolutionary multi-objective optimization algorithms. It measures the volume of the ...
PPSN
2010
Springer
13 years 2 months ago
2010
Springer
Abstract. We present and analyse the behaviour of specialised operators designed for cooperative coevolution strategy in the framework of 3D tomographic PET reconstruction. The bas...
PPSN
2010
Springer
13 years 2 months ago
2010
Springer
Abstract. This paper extends a recently proposed model for combinatorial landscapes: Local Optima Networks (LON), to incorporate a first-improvement (greedyascent) hill-climbing a...
PPSN
2010
Springer
13 years 2 months ago
2010
Springer
We present a hybrid Genetic Algorithm that incorporates the Generalized Partition Crossover (GPX) operator to produce an algorithm that is competitive with the state of the art for...
PPSN
2010
Springer
13 years 2 months ago
2010
Springer
Abstract. The chief purpose of research in optimisation is to understand how to design (or choose) the most suitable algorithm for a given distribution of problem instances. Ideall...
PPSN
2010
Springer
13 years 2 months ago
2010
Springer
Abstract. We present a new method for proving lower bounds in evolutionary computation based on fitness-level arguments and an additional condition on transition probabilities bet...