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Critical control of a genetic algorithm

Neural and Evolutionary Computing 2010-05-20 v1 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

Based on speculations coming from statistical mechanics and the conjectured existence of critical states, I propose a simple heuristic in order to control the mutation probability and the population size of a genetic algorithm.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1005.3390,
  title  = {Critical control of a genetic algorithm},
  author = {Raphaël Cerf},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.3390},
  year   = {2010}
}
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