An analysis of the “universal suffrage” selection operator

  • Authors:
  • Filippo Neri;Lorenza Saitta

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Turin Department of Computer Science Corso Svizzera 185 10149 Turin, Italy neri@di.unito.it;University of Turin Department of Computer Science Corso Svizzera 185 10149 Turin, Italy saitta@di.unito.it

  • Venue:
  • Evolutionary Computation
  • Year:
  • 1996

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Abstract

The “universal suffrage” selection operator, designed primarily for concept learning inside the system REGAL, is discussed for both overlapping and nonoverlapping populations. Analysis of its behavior is performed by using the “virtual average population” method, a new tool for investigating asymptotic properties of convergence of macroscopic quantities related to the population of a genetic algorithm.