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This study tasckles the problem of many-objective sequence optimization for semi-automated robotic disassembly operations. To this end, we employ a many-objective genetic algorithm (MaOGA) algorithm inspired by the Non-dominated Sorting…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-01-04 Takuya Kiyokawa , Kensuke Harada , Weiwei Wan , Tomoki Ishikura , Naoya Miyaji , Genichiro Matsuda

In this paper, we introduce, MultiGA, an optimization framework which applies genetic algorithm principles to address complex natural language tasks and reasoning problems by sampling from a diverse population of LLMs to initialize the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-04-03 Isabelle Diana May-Xin Ng , Tharindu Cyril Weerasooriya , Haitao Zhu , Wei Wei

In this paper, we introduce a novel method for merging the weights of multiple pre-trained neural networks using a genetic algorithm called MeGA. Traditional techniques, such as weight averaging and ensemble methods, often fail to fully…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-07-01 Daniel Yun

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 (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

Genetic algorithms, which mimic evolutionary processes to solve optimization problems, can be enhanced by using powerful semi-local search algorithms as mutation operators. Here, we introduce reverse quantum annealing, a class of quantum…

We discuss a novel genetic algorithm that can be used to find global minima on the potential energy surface of disordered ceramics and alloys using a real-space symmetry adapted crossover. Due to a high number of symmetrically equivalent…

Materials Science · Physics 2011-05-31 Chris E. Mohn , Svein Stølen , Walter Kob

Most genetic algorithms (GAs) used in literature to solve control problems are time consuming and involve important storage memory requirements. In fact, the search in GAs is iteratively performed on a population of chromosomes (control…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-03-12 M. Oulghelou , C. Allery

Genetic algorithms are a well-known example of bio-inspired heuristic methods. They mimic natural selection by modeling several operators such as mutation, crossover, and selection. Recent discoveries about Epigenetics regulation processes…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-03-20 Mohamed Djallel Dilmi , Hanene Azzag , Mustapha Lebbah

This thesis investigates the use of problem-specific knowledge to enhance a genetic algorithm approach to multiple-choice optimisation problems.It shows that such information can significantly enhance performance, but that the choice of…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2010-07-05 Uwe Aickelin

In this paper, we present a heuristic for designing facility layouts that are convenient for designing a unidirectional loop for material handling. We use genetic algorithm where the objective function and crossover and mutation operators…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2013-03-25 Hossein Jahandideh , Ardavan Asef-Vaziri , Mohammad Modarres

We address the problem of synthetic gene design using Bayesian optimization. The main issue when designing a gene is that the design space is defined in terms of long strings of characters of different lengths, which renders the…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2015-05-08 Javier González , Joseph Longworth , David C. James , Neil D. Lawrence

The potential benefit of migrating software design from Structured to Object Oriented Paradigm is manifolded including modularity, manageability and extendability. This design migration should be automated as it will reduce the time…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2018-01-04 Md. Selim , Saeed Siddik , Alim Ul Gias , M. Abdullah-Al-Wadud , Shah Mostafa Khaled

Several types of numerical and combinatorial optimization algorithms have been used as useful tools to minimize functional forms. Generally, when those forms are non-linear or occur in problems without a specific optimization method,…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Luiz Fernando Roncaratti , Ricardo Gargano , Geraldo Magela e Silva

This paper presents a cumulative multi-niching genetic algorithm (CMN GA), designed to expedite optimization problems that have computationally-expensive multimodal objective functions. By never discarding individuals from the population,…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2013-04-03 Matthew Hall

There is growing consensus among neuroscientists that neural circuits critical for survival are the result of genomic decompression processes. We introduce SynaptoGen, a novel computational framework--member of the Connectome Models…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Tommaso Boccato , Matteo Ferrante , Nicola Toschi

Challenges in natural sciences can often be phrased as optimization problems. Machine learning techniques have recently been applied to solve such problems. One example in chemistry is the design of tailor-made organic materials and…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-01-17 AkshatKumar Nigam , Pascal Friederich , Mario Krenn , Alán Aspuru-Guzik

The genetic algorithm (GA) is an optimization and search technique based on the principles of genetics and natural selection. A GA allows a population composed of many individuals to evolve under specified selection rules to a state that…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2016-08-14 Yılmaz Kaya , Murat Uyar , Ramazan Tek\D{j}n

This paper addresses the path selection problem from a known sender to the receiver. The proposed work shows path selection using genetic algorithm(GA)and simulated annealing (SA) approaches. In genetic algorithm approach, the multi point…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2016-09-08 T. R. Gopalakrishnan Nair , Kavitha Sooda

This paper introduces NSGA-Net -- an evolutionary approach for neural architecture search (NAS). NSGA-Net is designed with three goals in mind: (1) a procedure considering multiple and conflicting objectives, (2) an efficient procedure…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-04-22 Zhichao Lu , Ian Whalen , Vishnu Boddeti , Yashesh Dhebar , Kalyanmoy Deb , Erik Goodman , Wolfgang Banzhaf