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Evolutionary algorithms in theory and practice

Thomas Bäck
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In this work, the author compares the three most prominent representatives of evolutionary algorithms: genetic algorithms, evolution strategies, and evolutionary programming within a unified framework, thereby clarifying the similarities and differences of these methods.
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The article was published on 1996-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 2679 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Evolutionary music & Evolutionary programming.

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Comparing active vision models

TL;DR: Research on active vision should aim at reaching a deeper understanding of relations between the usefulness of active vision, the number of objects involved in the classification task, and the richness of the visual observations of the models by applying active vision models to more complex and real-world tasks.
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Genetic Algorithm for Combinatorial Path Planning: The Subtour Problem

TL;DR: A combinatorial planner for autonomous systems is presented on the so-called subtour problem, a variant of the classical traveling salesman problem, where the optimal strategy is sought that connects possible goals/targets.

Adaptive Parameterization of Evolutionary Algorithms Driven by Reproduction and Competition

TL;DR: A new technique for setting genetic parameters during the course of a run is dealt with by adapting the population size and the operators rates on the basis of the environmental constrain of maximum population size.
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Evolutionary algorithms in the optimization of dynamic molecular alignment

TL;DR: In this article, the authors numerically studied the optimization of dynamic molecular alignment by shaped femtosecond pulses and found that an accurate synchronization of the applied field to the molecular response is needed to obtain maximum alignment.
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A Comparative Study of Global and Local Selection in Evolution Strategies

TL;DR: This work introduces a more-or-less geographical isolation in which individuals may interact only with individuals in the immediate locality, the local overlapping neighborhoods.