A Comparison of Genetic Algorithm Parametrization on Synthetic Optimization Problems - Softcover

Eravsar, Mehmet

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1249593778 ISBN 13: 9781249593775

Verlag: LIGHTNING SOURCE INC, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

Meta-heuristics have been deployed to solve many hard combinatorial and optimization problems. Parameterization of meta-heuristics is an important challenging aspect of meta-heuristic use since many of the features of these algorithms can not be explained theoretically. Experiences with Genetic Algorithms (GA) applied to Multidimensional Knapsack Problems (MKP) have shown that this class of algorithm is very sensitive to parameterization. Many studies use standard test problems, which provide a firm basis for study comparisons but ignore the effect of problem correlation structure. This thesis applies GA to MKP. A new random repair operator, which projects infeasible solutions into feasible region, is proposed. This GA application is tested with synthetic test problems, which map possible correlation structures as well as possible slackness settings. Effect of correlation structure on solution quality found both statistically and practically significant. Depending on the Response Surface Methodology design, proposed is a GA parameter setting which is robust in both solution quality and computation time.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: LIGHTNING SOURCE INC
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1249593778
• ISBN 13: 9781249593775
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 84
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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