Phase transition in a random NK landscape model

GECCO 2005 - Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1241-1248

  Choi, Sung Soon ^a   Jung, Kyomin ^b   Kim, Jeong Han ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Branching process; NK landscape; Phase transition; Random k SAT problem; Unit clause algorithm

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM PROCESSES;

BRANCHING PROCESS; NK LANDSCAPE; RANDOM K-SAT PROBLEM; UNIT CLAUSE ALGORITHM;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 32444436364     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1068009.1068212     Document Type: Conference Paper

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