Reconstructability analysis detection of optimal gene order in genetic algorithms
Martin Zwick
(Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, USA)
Stephen Shervais
(College of Business and Public Administration, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Washington, USA)
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Abstract
The building block hypothesis implies that genetic algorithm efficiency will be improved if sets of genes that improve fitness through epistatic interaction are near to one another on the chromosome. We demonstrate this effect with a simple problem, and show that information‐theoretic reconstructability analysis can be used to decide on optimal gene ordering.
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Citation
Zwick, M. and Shervais, S. (2004), "Reconstructability analysis detection of optimal gene order in genetic algorithms", Kybernetes, Vol. 33 No. 5/6, pp. 1053-1062. https://doi.org/10.1108/03684920410534100
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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