Evolution Tracking in Genetic Programming

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@InProceedings{Burlacu:2012:EMSS,

• author = "Bogdan Burlacu and Michael Affenzeller and Michael Kommenda and Stephan M. Winkler and Gabriel Kronberger",
• title = "Evolution Tracking in Genetic Programming",
• booktitle = "The 24th European Modeling and Simulation Symposium, EMSS 2012",
• year = "2012",
• editor = "Emilio Jimenez and Boris Sokolov",
• address = "Vienna, Austria",
• month = sep # ", 19-21",
• keywords = "genetic algorithms, genetic programming, tree fragments, evolutionary dynamics, schema theory, population diversity, bloat, introns",
• URL = "http://research.fh-ooe.at/en/publication/3444",
• URL = "http://research.fh-ooe.at/files/publications/3444_EMSS_2012_Burlacu.pdf",
• size = "4 pages",
• abstract = "Much effort has been put into understanding the artificial evolutionary dynamics within genetic programming (GP). However, the details are yet unclear so far, as to which elements make GP so powerful. This paper presents an attempt to study the evolution of a population of computer programs using HeuristicLab. A newly developed methodology for recording heredity information, based on a general conceptual framework of evolution, is employed for the analysis of algorithm behaviour on a symbolic regression benchmark problem. In our example, we find the complex interplay between selection and crossover to be the cause for size increase in the population, as the average amount of genetic information transmitted from parents to offspring remains constant and independent of run constraints (i.e., tree size and depth limits). Empirical results reveal many interesting details and confirm the validity and generality of our approach, as a tool for understanding the complex aspects of GP.",
• notes = "EMSS_80 University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria - Austria http://www.msc-les.org/conf/emss2012/index.htm http://www.m-s-net.org/conf/i3m2012_program.pdf",

}

Genetic Programming entries for Bogdan Burlacu Michael Affenzeller Michael Kommenda Stephan M Winkler Gabriel Kronberger

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