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TEC
2010
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14 years 10 months ago
Benefits of a Population: Five Mechanisms That Advantage Population-Based Algorithms
This paper identifies five distinct mechanisms by which a population-based algorithm might have an advantage over a solo-search algorithm in classical optimization. These mechanism...
Adam Prügel-Bennett
ICML
1996
IEEE
15 years 7 months ago
A Convergent Reinforcement Learning Algorithm in the Continuous Case: The Finite-Element Reinforcement Learning
This paper presents a direct reinforcement learning algorithm, called Finite-Element Reinforcement Learning, in the continuous case, i.e. continuous state-space and time. The eval...
Rémi Munos
GECCO
2006
Springer
121views Optimization» more  GECCO 2006»
15 years 6 months ago
A splicing/decomposable encoding and its novel operators for genetic algorithms
In this paper, we introduce a new genetic representation -- a splicing/decomposable (S/D) binary encoding, which was proposed based on some theoretical guidance and existing recom...
Yong Liang, Kwong-Sak Leung, Kin-Hong Lee
GECCO
2006
Springer
159views Optimization» more  GECCO 2006»
15 years 6 months ago
Genetic algorithms for positioning and utilizing sensors in synthetically generated landscapes
Positioning multiple sensors for acquisition of a a given environment is one of the fundamental research areas in various fields, such as military scouting, computer vision and ro...
Haluk Topcuoglu, Murat Ermis
GECCO
2008
Springer
137views Optimization» more  GECCO 2008»
15 years 4 months ago
Rank based variation operators for genetic algorithms
We show how and why using genetic operators that are applied with probabilities that depend on the fitness rank of a genotype or phenotype offers a robust alternative to the Sim...
Jorge Cervantes, Christopher R. Stephens