Machine Learning for Evolution Strategies

Oliver Kramer

ISBN 10: 3319815008 / ISBN 13: 9783319815008

Verlag: Berlin Springer International Publishing Springer Mai 2018, 2018

Beschreibung

This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This bookintroduces numerous algorithmic hybridizations between both worlds that showhow machine learning can improve and support evolution strategies. The set ofmethods comprises covariance matrix estimation, meta-modeling of fitness andconstraint functions, dimensionality reduction for search and visualization ofhigh-dimensional optimization processes, and clustering-based niching. Aftergiving an introduction to evolution strategies and machine learning, the bookbuilds the bridge between both worlds with an algorithmic and experimentalperspective. Experiments mostly employ a (1+1)-ES and are implemented in Pythonusing the machine learning library scikit-learn. The examples are conducted ontypical benchmark problems illustrating algorithmic concepts and theirexperimental behavior. The book closes with a discussion of related lines ofresearch. 124 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Machine Learning for Evolution Strategies
• Verlag: Berlin Springer International Publishing Springer Mai 2018
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 3319815008
• ISBN-13: 9783319815008
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu
• Abmessungen: 235B x 155 H x 7 T Millimeter Breite: 235 mm, Höhe: 155 mm, Tiefe: 7 mm
• Gewicht: 219 Gramm

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Inhaltsangabe

This book introduces numerous algorithmic hybridizations between both worlds that show how machine learning can improve and support evolution strategies. The set of methods comprises covariance matrix estimation, meta-modeling of fitness and constraint functions, dimensionality reduction for search and visualization of high-dimensional optimization processes, and clustering-based niching. After giving an introduction to evolution strategies and machine learning, the book builds the bridge between both worlds with an algorithmic and experimental perspective. Experiments mostly employ a (1+1)-ES and are implemented in Python using the machine learning library scikit-learn. The examples are conducted on typical benchmark problems illustrating algorithmic concepts and their experimental behavior. The book closes with a discussion of related lines of research.