The No-Free-Lunch theorems (NFLTs) are criticized for being too general to be of any relevance to the real world scenario. This paper investigates, both formally and empirically, ...
In the wrapperapproachto feature subset selection, a searchfor an optimalset of features is madeusingthe induction algorithm as a black box. Theestimated future performanceof the ...
In this paper we address the problem of finding an object in a polygonal environment as quickly as possible on average, with a team of mobile robots that can sense the environment...
Alejandro Sarmiento, Rafael Murrieta-Cid, Seth Hut...
The parallel genetic algorithm (PGA) is a prototype of a new kind of a distributed algorithm. It is based on a parallel search by individuals all of which have the complete proble...
The search for finite-state controllers for partially observable Markov decision processes (POMDPs) is often based on approaches like gradient ascent, attractive because of their ...