A Generic Approach to Parameter Control

G. Karafotias, S.K. Smit, A.E. Eiben

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Abstract

On-line control of EA parameters is an approach to parameter setting that offers the advantage of values changing during the run. In this paper, we investigate parameter control from a generic and parameter-independent perspective. We propose a generic control mechanism that is targeted to repetitive applications, can be applied to any numeric parameter and is tailored to specific types of problems through an off-line calibration process. We present proof-of-concept experiments using this mechanism to control the mutation step size of an Evolutionary Strategy (ES). Results show that our method is viable and performs very well, compared to the tuning approach and traditional control methods. © 2012 Springer-Verlag.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)366-375
JournalLecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume7248
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

Bibliographical note

Proceedings title: Applications of Evolutionary Computation: Proceedings of EvoApplications 2012
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
ISBN: 978-3-642-29177-7
Editors: C. di Chio

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