Problem structure and evolutionary algorithm difficulty

This study reexamines the Hierarchical-If-And-Only-If (HIFF) problem (of which there are two versions--discrete and continuous) introduced by Watson et al. (1998) to distinguish the evolutionary capability of hill climbers from genetic algorithms. It finds that it is possible to relax some of the co...

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Main Author: Khor, Susan Lay Choo
Format: Others
Published: 2008
Online Access:http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/975969/1/NR45680.pdf
Khor, Susan Lay Choo <http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/view/creators/Khor=3ASusan_Lay_Choo=3A=3A.html> (2008) Problem structure and evolutionary algorithm difficulty. PhD thesis, Concordia University.