An exploration into dynamic population sizing

Proceedings of the 12th Annual Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, GECCO '10

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 807-814

  Cook, Jason E ^a   Tauritz, Daniel R ^a  

^a University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary algorithm; Optimization; Parameter control; Parameterless evolutionary algorithm; Population sizing

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC PARAMETERS; DYNAMIC POPULATION; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; EXPERT KNOWLEDGE; FIXED PARAMETERS; NOVEL METHODS; OPTIMAL VALUES; PARAMETER CONTROL; PARAMETERLESS EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHM; PERFORMANCE BASED; POPULATION CONTROL; POPULATION SIZES; POPULATION SIZING; PROBLEM SOLVERS; TRIAL AND ERROR;

OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POPULATION STATISTICS;

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS;

EID: 77955888005     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1830483.1830624     Document Type: Conference Paper

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