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This estimate can be used not only to understand the domination of genes in the representation but also to design the mutation rate in genetic algorithms (GAs).
We developed a genetic algorithm which selfadapts both mutation strength and population size; the results indicate that the approach works quite well.
The results show that the performance of a genetic algorithm using large mutation rates and population-elitist selection (GALME) is superior.
Open accessProceedings ArticleDOI
25 Jun 2020
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There, it can relieve the algorithm designer from finding the optimal mutation rate and nevertheless obtain a performance close to the one that the optimal mutation rate gives.
In this study, a novel promising approach is represented with an innovated mutation method utilising genetic algorithm (GA).
The periodic changes of mutation rate are found to improve the explorative abilities of the algorithm.
Experiments are reported that show the proposed algorithm performs better than most genetic algorithms with single mutation operators.

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