Many engineering optimization problems can be state as function optimization with constrained, intelligence optimization algorithm can solve these problems well. Cultural Algorithms are a class of computational models derived from observing the cultural evolution process in nature, cultural algorithms in the optimization of the complex constrained functions of its superior performance. Experime...

OBJECTIVES Cultural variability (CV) is introduced as an overlooked dimension of cultural identity development pertaining to emphasizing and de-emphasizing the influence of a single cultural identity (i.e., cultural influence [CI]) on daily interactions and behaviors. The Cultural IDentity Influence Measure (CIDIM) is introduced as a novel measure of CI and CV, and hypothesis-driven validation ...

In recent years, far from arguing that evolutionary approaches to our own species permit us to describe the fundamental character of human nature, a prominent group of cultural evolutionary theorists has instead argued that the very idea of 'human nature' is one we should reject. It makes no sense, they argue, to speak of human nature in opposition to human culture. The very same sceptical argu...

Now more and more researchers pay attention to discretization of the continuous attributes. A hybrid evolutionary system based on immune algorithm and cultural algorithm is proposed for discretization which combines the strengths of evolutionary computing, social computing in this paper. It uses the cultural algorithm framework in which the immune algorithm embedded. Immune algorithm discretize...

This article describes a socially motivated evolutionary algorithm, Cultural Algorithms, to design a controller for a 3D racing game for use in a competitive event held at the 2008 IEEE World Congress. The controller was modeled as a state machine and a set of utility functions were associated with actions performed in each state. Cultural Algorithms are used to optimize these functions. Cultur...