Bloat is Unnatural: An Analysis of Changes in Variable Chromosome Length Absent Selection Pressure
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In this work we provide empirical evidence that shows how a variable-length genetic algorithm (GA) can naturally evolve shorter average size populations. This reduction in chromosome length appears to occur in finite population GAs when 1) selection is absent from the GA (random) or 2) when selection focuses on some other property not influenced by the length of individuals within a population.
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تاریخ انتشار 2004