An analysis of genetic algorithms using statistical mechanics.

A formalism is presented for modelling the evolutionary dynamics of a population of gene sequences. The formalism was originally developed for describing genetic algorithms. In this paper the formalism is elaborated by considering the evolution of an ensemble of populations. This allows the evolutio...

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Main Authors: Prügel-Bennett, A. (Author), Shapiro, J. L. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 1997.
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