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2009
Springer
15 years 8 months ago
Finding Balanced Incomplete Block Designs with Metaheuristics
This paper deals with the generation of balanced incomplete block designs (BIBD), a hard constrained combinatorial problem with multiple applications. This problem is here formulat...
David Rodríguez Rueda, Carlos Cotta, Antoni...
CEC
2003
IEEE
15 years 8 months ago
Comparing neural networks and Kriging for fitness approximation in evolutionary optimization
Neural networks and the Kriging method are compared for constructing £tness approximation models in evolutionary optimization algorithms. The two models are applied in an identica...
Lars Willmes, Thomas Bäck, Yaochu Jin, Bernha...
AAAI
2010
15 years 4 months ago
Local Search in Histogram Construction
The problem of dividing a sequence of values into segments occurs in database systems, information retrieval, and knowledge management. The challenge is to select a finite number ...
Felix Halim, Panagiotis Karras, Roland H. C. Yap
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CDC
2009
IEEE
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15 years 1 months ago
Beyond local optimality: An improved approach to hybrid model learning
Abstract-- Local convergence is a limitation of many optimization approaches for multimodal functions. For hybrid model learning, this can mean a compromise in accuracy. We develop...
Stephanie Gil, Brian Williams
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2009
Springer
15 years 1 months ago
Conquering the Needle-in-a-Haystack: How Correlated Input Variables Beneficially Alter the Fitness Landscape for Neural Networks
Abstract. Evolutionary algorithms such as genetic programming and grammatical evolution have been used for simultaneously optimizing network architecture, variable selection, and w...
Stephen D. Turner, Marylyn D. Ritchie, William S. ...