Neutrality: A Necessity for Self-Adaptation
Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
2007-05-23 v1 Neural and Evolutionary Computing
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Abstract
Self-adaptation is used in all main paradigms of evolutionary computation to increase efficiency. We claim that the basis of self-adaptation is the use of neutrality. In the absence of external control neutrality allows a variation of the search distribution without the risk of fitness loss.
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@article{arxiv.nlin/0204038,
title = {Neutrality: A Necessity for Self-Adaptation},
author = {Marc Toussaint and Christian Igel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nlin/0204038},
year = {2007}
}
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6 pages, 3 figures, LaTeX