Phase transition in a random NK landscape model

Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 172, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 179-203

  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 Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fitness function; NK landscape; Phase transition; Satisfiability problem; Solubility

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

FITNESS FUNCTION; POPULATION GENETICS; POSITIVE PROBABILITY; RANDOM NK LANDSCAPE MODEL; SATISFIABILITY PROBLEM;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 37149053814     PISSN: 00043702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.artint.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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