Numerical-node building block analysis of genetic programming with simplification

Authors:
Phillip Lee-Ming Wong;Mengjie Zhang
Affiliations:
Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand;Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Venue:
Proceedings of the 9th annual conference on Genetic and evolutionary computation
Year:
2007

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Abstract

This paper investigates the effects on building blocks of using online simplification in a GP system. Numerical nodes are tracked through individual runs to observe their behaviour. Results show that simplification disrupts building blocks early on, but also creates new building blocks.