abstract = "the development of an evolutionary algorithm called
Multipopulation Cooperative Coevolutionary Programming
(MCCP) that extends Genetic Programming (GP) to search
for a set of maximally different solutions for program
induction problems. The GP search is structured to
generate a set of alternatives that are similar in
design performance, but are dissimilar from each other
in the solution (or design parameter) space. This is
expected to yield potentially more creative designs,
thus enhancing design innovation. Application of MCCP
is demonstrated through an illustrative example
involving GP-based classification of genetic data to
diagnose malignancy in cancer. Four different
classifiers, based on highly dissimilar combinations of
genes, but with similar prediction performances were
generated. As these classifiers use a diverse set of
genes, they are collectively more effective in
screening cancer samples that may not all properly
express every gene.",
notes = "GECCO-2005 A joint meeting of the fourteenth
international conference on genetic algorithms
(ICGA-2005) and the tenth annual genetic programming
conference (GP-2005).