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In return for the long-standing contributions of Physics to Biology, now the inverse way is frequently traveled through in order to think about many physics phenomena. In this vein, evolutionary algorithms, particularly genetic algorithms,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Cesar O. Stoico , Danilo G. Renzi , Fernando Vericat

Here a genetic algorithm (GA) is presented that creates a teaching schedule for a university physics department by algorithmically assigning ${\sim}200$ classes to ${\sim}50$ professors for each of three academic terms per year. The…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-09-10 Tom Bensky , Karl Saunders

A coding of functions that allows a genetic algorithm to minimize functionals without analytic trial functions is presented and implemented for solving numerically some instances of variational problems from physics.

Computational Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Carlos D. Toledo

This work discusses single-objective constrained genetic algorithm with floating-point, integer, binary and permutation representation. Floating-point genetic algorithm tuning with use of test functions is done and leads to a…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-10-10 Tomasz Tarkowski

Quantum Genetic Algorithms (QGAs) are an emerging field of multivariate quantum optimization that emulate Darwinian evolution and natural selection, with vast applications in chemistry and engineering. The appropriate application of fitness…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-24 Dennis Lima , Rakesh Saini , Saif Al-Kuwari

Gravitational-wave detection strategies are based on a signal analysis technique known as matched filtering. Despite the success of matched filtering, due to its computational cost, there has been recent interest in developing deep…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-11-03 Dwyer S. Deighan , Scott E. Field , Collin D. Capano , Gaurav Khanna

This work presents the first application of the method of Genetic Algorithms (GAs) to data analysis for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). In the low frequency regime of the LISA band there are expected to be tens of thousands…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-17 Jeff Crowder , Neil J. Cornish , Lucas Reddinger

The application of genetic algorithms (GAs) to many optimization problems in organizations often results in good performance and high quality solutions. For successful and efficient use of GAs, it is not enough to simply apply simple GAs…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2008-12-18 Maroun Bercachi , Philippe Collard , Manuel Clergue , Sébastien Verel

The main problems in modeling interacting galaxies are the extended parameter space and the fairly high CPU costs of self-consistent N-body simulations. Therefore, traditional modeling techniques suffer from either extreme CPU demands or…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ch. Theis , Ch. Gerds , Ch. Spinneker

Here we propose an evolutionary algorithm that self modifies its operators at the same time that candidate solutions are evolved. This tackles convergence and lack of diversity issues, leading to better solutions. Operators are represented…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2017-12-19 Andres Felipe Cruz Salinas , Jonatan Gomez Perdomo

The implementation of adaptive genetic algorithms (AGA) for optimization problems has proven to be superior than many other methods due to its nature of producing more robust and high quality solutions. Considering the complexity involved…

Computational Physics · Physics 2024-11-28 Brandon Willnecker , Mervlyn Moodley

This paper presents a genetic-based hybrid algorithm that combines the exploration power of Genetic Algorithm (GA) with the exploitation capacity of a phenotypical probabilistic local search algorithm. Though not limited to a certain class…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-11-26 Reza Najian Asl , Mohamad Aslani , Masoud Shariat Panahi

This paper presents our computational methodology using Genetic Algorithms (GA) for exploring the nature of RNA editing. These models are constructed using several genetic editing characteristics that are gleaned from the RNA editing system…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2007-05-23 C. Huang , L. M. Rocha

We apply a combination of a Genetic Algorithms (GA) and Support Vector Machines (SVM) machine learning algorithm to solve two important problems faced by the astronomical community: star/galaxy separation, and photometric redshift…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-27 S. Heinis , S. Kumar , S. Gezari , W. S. Burgett , K. C. Chambers , P. W. Draper , H. Flewelling , N. Kaiser , E. A. Magnier , N. Metcalfe , C. Waters

The talk describes a general approach of a genetic algorithm for multiple objective optimization problems. A particular dominance relation between the individuals of the population is used to define a fitness operator, enabling the genetic…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2008-09-03 Martin Josef Geiger

Genetic algorithms based on natural selection and minimal fluctuations have been applied to model physical and biological systems. Critical exponents have been extracted via computational simulations of nucleation for colossal…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Barrañón , J. A. López , C. O. Dorso

Biology-derived algorithms are an important part of computational sciences, which are essential to many scientific disciplines and engineering applications. Many computational methods are derived from or based on the analogy to natural…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-03-10 Xin-She Yang

Optimization problems frequently appear in any scientific domain. Most of the times, the corresponding decision problem turns out to be NP-hard, and in these cases genetic algorithms are often used to obtain approximated solutions. However,…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-02-02 Alba Muñoz , Fernando Rubio

We introduce a Genetic Algorithm (GA) based, open-source project to solve multi-objective optimization problems of materials characterization data analysis including EXAFS, XPS and nanoindentation. The modular design and multiple crossover…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-03-22 Miu Lun Lau , Min Long , Jeff Terry

This paper explains genetic algorithm for novice in this field. Basic philosophy of genetic algorithm and its flowchart are described. Step by step numerical computation of genetic algorithm for solving simple mathematical equality problem…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2017-07-03 Denny Hermawanto