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A genetic algorithm is suitable for exploring large search spaces as it finds an approximate solution. Because of this advantage, genetic algorithm is effective in exploring vast and unknown space such as molecular search space. Though the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-12-24 Yurim Lee , Gydam Choi , Minsung Yoon , Cheongwon Kim

Genetic algorithms are heuristic optimization techniques inspired by Darwinian evolution. Quantum computation is a new computational paradigm which exploits quantum resources to speed up information processing tasks. Therefore, it is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-02-20 Rubén Ibarrondo , Giancarlo Gatti , Mikel Sanz

Genetic Algorithms (GAs) are known for their efficiency in solving combinatorial optimization problems, thanks to their ability to explore diverse solution spaces, handle various representations, exploit parallelism, preserve good…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-09-29 Majid Sohrabi , Amir M. Fathollahi-Fard , Vasilii A. Gromov

In this survey, we introduce Meta-Black-Box-Optimization~(MetaBBO) as an emerging avenue within the Evolutionary Computation~(EC) community, which incorporates Meta-learning approaches to assist automated algorithm design. Despite the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-05-01 Zeyuan Ma , Hongshu Guo , Yue-Jiao Gong , Jun Zhang , Kay Chen Tan

Genetic algorithms are considered as one of the most efficient search techniques. Although they do not offer an optimal solution, their ability to reach a suitable solution in considerably short time gives them their respectable role in…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2014-01-22 Ayman M. Bahaa-Eldin , A. M. A. Wahdan , H. M. K. Mahdi

The selection of the most appropriate algorithm to solve a given problem instance, known as algorithm selection, is driven by the potential to capitalize on the complementary performance of different algorithms across sets of problem…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-06-12 Gjorgjina Cenikj , Ana Nikolikj , Gašper Petelin , Niki van Stein , Carola Doerr , Tome Eftimov

Genetic algorithms (GAs) have a long history of over four decades. GAs are adaptive heuristic search algorithms that provide solutions for optimization and search problems. The GA derives expression from the biological terminology of…

Optics · Physics 2018-12-03 Kaspar Höschel , Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan

The genetic algorithm is an optimization procedure motivated by biological evolution and is successfully applied to optimization problems in different areas. A statistical mechanics model for its dynamics is proposed based on the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 Stefan Bornholdt

We propose and analyse a variant of the recently introduced kinetic based optimization method that incorporates ideas like survival-of-the-fittest and mutation strategies well-known from genetic algorithms. Thus, we provide a first attempt…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-07-18 Giacomo Albi , Federica Ferrarese , Claudia Totzeck

Genetic Algorithms (GA) are a class of metaheuristic global optimization methods inspired by the process of natural selection among individuals in a population. Despite their widespread use, a comprehensive theoretical analysis of these…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-24 Giacomo Borghi , Lorenzo Pareschi

Genetic algorithms are heuristic optimization techniques inspired by Darwinian evolution, which are characterized by successfully finding robust solutions for optimization problems. Here, we propose a subroutine-based quantum genetic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-07 Rubén Ibarrondo , Giancarlo Gatti , Mikel Sanz

There are two common approaches for optimizing the performance of a machine: genetic algorithms and machine learning. A genetic algorithm is applied over many generations whereas machine learning works by applying feedback until the system…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-09-01 Leigh Sheneman , Arend Hintze

Solving an optimization task in any domain is a very challenging problem, especially when dealing with nonlinear problems and non-convex functions. Many meta-heuristic algorithms are very efficient when solving nonlinear functions. A…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-07-28 Mona Nasr , Omar Farouk , Ahmed Mohamedeen , Ali Elrafie , Marwan Bedeir , Ali Khaled

The paper presents a method for failure free genetic algorithm optimization of a system controller. Genetic algorithms present a powerful tool that facilitates producing near-optimal system controllers. Applied to such methods of…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2007-05-23 E. S. Sazonov , D. Del Gobbo , P. Klinkhachorn , R. L. Klein

A key challenge in the application of evolutionary algorithms in practice is the selection of an algorithm instance that best suits the problem at hand. What complicates this decision further is that different algorithms may be best suited…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-02-15 Furong Ye , Carola Doerr , Thomas Bäck

In this article we provide a comprehensive review of the different evolutionary algorithm techniques used to address multimodal optimization problems, classifying them according to the nature of their approach. On the one hand there are…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2015-08-24 Noe Casas

Genetic algorithms, computer programs that simulate natural evolution, are increasingly applied across many disciplines. They have been used to solve various optimisation problems from neural network architecture search to strategic games,…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-09-14 Aymeric Vie , Alissa M. Kleinnijenhuis , Doyne J. Farmer

Resource constrained job scheduling is a hard combinatorial optimisation problem that originates in the mining industry. Off-the-shelf solvers cannot solve this problem satisfactorily in reasonable timeframes, while other solution methods…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-07-23 Su Nguyen , Dhananjay Thiruvady , Yuan Sun , Mengjie Zhang

The integration of advanced technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), into manufacturing processes is attracting significant attention, paving the way for the development of intelligent systems that enhance efficiency and…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-12-09 Mohammadhossein Ghahramani , Yan Qiao , NaiQi Wu , Mengchu Zhou

Deep neural network learning can be formulated as a non-convex optimization problem. Existing optimization algorithms, e.g., Adam, can learn the models fast, but may get stuck in local optima easily. In this paper, we introduce a novel…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-03-12 Jiawei Zhang , Fisher B. Gouza