Fitness landscape of the cellular automata majority problem: View from the "Olympus"

Theoretical Computer Science

Volumn 378, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 54-77

  Verel, S ^a   Collard, P ^a   Tomassini, M ^b   Vanneschi, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

AR models; Cellular automata; Correlation analysis; Fitness landscapes; Neutrality

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; CORRELATION METHODS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

AR MODELS; FITNESS LANDSCAPES; NEUTRALITY;

CELLULAR AUTOMATA;

EID: 34247860700     PISSN: 03043975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcs.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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