Foundations of Genetic Algorithms 9th International Workshop, FOGA 2007, Mexico City, Mexico, January 8-11, 2007, Revised Selected Papers /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Stephens, Christopher R. (Editor), Toussaint, Marc (Editor), Whitley, Darrell (Editor), Stadler, Peter F. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 4436
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computers.; Algorithms.; Artificial intelligence.; Bioinformatics.; Evolutionary biology.; Biomathematics.; Computer Science.; Computation by Abstract Devices.; Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Computational Biology/Bioinformatics.; Evolutionary Biology.; Genetics and Population Dynamics.

Table of Contents:

• Inbreeding Properties of Geometric Crossover and Non-geometric Recombinations
• Just What Are Building Blocks?
• Sufficient Conditions for Coarse-Graining Evolutionary Dynamics
• On the Brittleness of Evolutionary Algorithms
• Mutative Self-adaptation on the Sharp and Parabolic Ridge
• Genericity of the Fixed Point Set for the Infinite Population Genetic Algorithm
• Neighborhood Graphs and Symmetric Genetic Operators
• Decomposition of Fitness Functions in Random Heuristic Search
• On the Effects of Bit-Wise Neutrality on Fitness Distance Correlation, Phenotypic Mutation Rates and Problem Hardness
• Continuous Optimisation Theory Made Easy? Finite-Element Models of Evolutionary Strategies, Genetic Algorithms and Particle Swarm Optimizers
• Saddles and Barrier in Landscapes of Generalized Search Operators.