Analysis of a master-slave architecture for distributed evolutionary computations

Authors:
M. Dubreuil;C. Gagne;M. Parizeau
Affiliations:
Dept. de Genie Electrique et de Genie Informatique, Univ. Laval, Que., Canada;-;-
Venue:
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B: Cybernetics
Year:
2006

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Abstract

This paper introduces a new mathematical model of the master-slave architecture for distributed evolutionary computations (EC). This model is validated using a concrete implementation based on the Distributed BEAGLE C++ framework. Results show that contrary to (current) popular belief, master-slave architectures are able to scale well over local area networks of workstations using off-the-shelf networking equipment. The main properties of the master-slave are also compared with those of the more mainstream island-model.