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The choice of parameters, and the design of the network architecture are important factors affecting the performance of deep neural networks. Genetic Algorithms (GA) have been used before to determine parameters of a network. Yet, GAs…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-09-28 Yantao Lu , Burak Kakillioglu , Senem Velipasalar

Genetic algorithms are a class of heuristic search techniques that apply basic evolutionary operators in a computational setting. We have designed a fully parallel and distributed hardware/software implementation of the generalized…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 T. S. Metcalfe , P. Charbonneau

Several approaches exist to model gravitational lens systems. In this study, we apply global optimization methods to find the optimal set of lens parameters using a genetic algorithm. We treat the full optimization procedure as a two-step…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Adam Rogers , Jason D. Fiege

We propose a genetic algorithm (GA) for hyperparameter optimization of artificial neural networks which includes chromosomal crossover as well as a decoupling of parameters (i.e., weights and biases) from hyperparameters (e.g., learning…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-01-15 Aaron Vose , Jacob Balma , Alex Heye , Alessandro Rigazzi , Charles Siegel , Diana Moise , Benjamin Robbins , Rangan Sukumar

The optimization of structural parameters, such as mass(m), stiffness(k), and damping coefficient(c), is critical for designing efficient, resilient, and stable structures. Conventional numerical approaches, including Finite Element Method…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-02-24 Sagnik Mukherjee , Indrajit Barua

Evolutionary computing, particularly genetic algorithm (GA), is a combinatorial optimization method inspired by natural selection and the transmission of genetic information, which is widely used to identify optimal solutions to complex…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-12-31 Shanqing Yu , Meng Zhou , Jintao Zhou , Minghao Zhao , Yidan Song , Yao Lu , Zeyu Wang , Qi Xuan

In recent years, graph neural networks (GNNs) have gained increasing attention, as they possess the excellent capability of processing graph-related problems. In practice, hyperparameter optimisation (HPO) is critical for GNNs to achieve…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-04-29 Yingfang Yuan , Wenjun Wang , Wei Pang

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

This paper presents an automated method for optimizing parameters in analog/high-frequency circuits, aiming to maximize performance parameters of a radio-frequency (RF) receiver. The design target includes a reduction of power consumption…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-03-28 Mingi Kwon , Yeonjun Lee , Ickhyun Song

Accurate per-branch 3D reconstruction is a prerequisite for autonomous UAV-based tree pruning; however, dense disparity maps from modern stereo matchers often remain too noisy for individual branch analysis in complex forest canopies. This…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-25 Yida Lin , Bing Xue , Mengjie Zhang , Sam Schofield , Richard Green

Due to a large number of multipath components in a typical ultra wideband (UWB) system, selective Rake (SRake) receivers, which combine energy from a subset of multipath components, are commonly employed. In order to optimize system…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Sinan Gezici , Mung Chiang , H. Vincent Poor , Hisashi Kobayashi

In information retrieval research; Genetic Algorithms (GA) can be used to find global solutions in many difficult problems. This study used different similarity measures (Dice, Inner Product) in the VSM, for each similarity measure we…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2013-12-03 Eman Al Mashagba , Feras Al Mashagba , Mohammad Othman Nassar

Online augmentation of an oblique aerial image sequence with structural information is an essential aspect in the process of 3D scene interpretation and analysis. One key aspect in this is the efficient dense image matching and depth…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-09-24 Boitumelo Ruf , Thomas Pollok , Martin Weinmann

We present a new approach to the problem of estimating the redshift of galaxies from photometric data. The approach uses a genetic algorithm combined with non-linear regression to model the 2SLAQ LRG data set with SDSS DR7 photometry. The…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-04-14 Robert Hogan , Malcolm Fairbairn , Navin Seeburn

Deploying multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to locate a signal-emitting source covers a wide range of military and civilian applications like rescue and target tracking. It is well known that the UAVs-source (sensors-target)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-19 Xin Cheng , Guangjie Han , Jinlin Peng , Jinfang Jiang , Yu He , Weiqiang Zhu , Feng Shu , Jiangzhou Wang

The Sparrow Search Algorithm (SSA), characterized by its simple structure and ease of implementation, nevertheless suffers from an insufficient balance between exploration and exploitation, making it prone to premature convergence and slow…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2026-01-28 Junhao Wei , Wenxuan Zhu , Qingyang Xu , Yanxiao Li , Yifu Zhao , Zikun Li , Ran Zhang , Yanzhao Gu , Jinhong Song , Yapeng Wang , Zhiwen Wang , Ngai Cheong , Sio-Kei Im , Xu Yang

Image Registration (IR) is the process of aligning two (or more) images of the same scene taken at different times, different viewpoints and/or by different sensors. It is an important, crucial step in various image analysis tasks where…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-11-21 Sarit Chicotay , Eli David , Nathan S. Netanyahu

Binary neural networks (BNNs) show promising utilization in cost and power-restricted domains such as edge devices and mobile systems. This is due to its significantly less computation and storage demand, but at the cost of degraded…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-06-08 Yanfei Li , Tong Geng , Samuel Stein , Ang Li , Huimin Yu

3D computer-assisted corrective osteotomy has become the state-of-the-art for surgical treatment of complex bone deformities. Despite available technologies, the automatic generation of clinically acceptable, ready-to-use preoperative…

With neural networks having demonstrated their versatility and benefits, the need for their optimal performance is as prevalent as ever. A defining characteristic, hyperparameters, can greatly affect its performance. Thus engineers go…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-09-21 Keshav Ganapathy