Parameter Setting in Evolutionary Algorithms

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lobo, Fernando G. (Editor), Lima, Cláudio F. (Editor), Michalewicz, Zbigniew (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: Studies in Computational Intelligence, 54
• Subjects: Engineering.; Artificial intelligence.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).

One of the main difficulties of applying an evolutionary algorithm (or, as a matter of fact, any heuristic method) to a given problem is to decide on an appropriate set of parameter values. Typically these are specified before the algorithm is run and include population size, selection rate, operato...