The impact of parametrization in memetic evolutionary algorithms

Theoretical Computer Science

Volumn 410, Issue 26, 2009, Pages 2511-2528

  Sudholt, Dirk ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evolutionary algorithms; Hybridization; Memetic algorithms; Parametrization; Runtime analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFORTS; COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCES; CONCRETE DESIGNS; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCES; EVOLUTIONARY SEARCHES; FIXED FREQUENCIES; FIXED NUMBERS; FUNCTION CLASS; GENETIC OPERATORS; HIGH PROBABILITIES; HYBRID META-HEURISTICS; HYBRIDIZATION; LOCAL SEARCHES; MEMETIC; MEMETIC ALGORITHMS; MEMETIC EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; PARAMETER SETTINGS; PARAMETRIZATION; POLYNOMIAL-TIME; PSEUDO-BOOLEAN OPTIMIZATIONS; RUNTIME ANALYSIS; SEARCH PROCESS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS; WORKING PRINCIPLES;

OPTIMIZATION; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION;

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS;

EID: 67349234115     PISSN: 03043975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcs.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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