A multiple-function toy model of exaptation in a genetic algorithm

2007 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 4591-4598

  Graham, Lee ^a   Oppacher, Franz ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FITNESS FUNCTION; GENOTYPE-PHENOTYPE MAPPING; MULTIPLE EXAPTATION EVENTS; POPULATION INITIALIZATION;

FUNCTIONS; GENE ENCODING;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 70449991404     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CEC.2007.4425073     Document Type: Conference Paper

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