Analysis of a digit concatenation approach to constant creation

Michael O'Neill, Ian Dempsey, Anthony Brabazon, Conor Ryan

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Abstract

This study examines the utility of employing digit concatenation, as distinct from the traditional expression based approach, for the purpose of evolving constants in Grammatical Evolution. Digit concatenation involves creating constants (either whole or real numbers) by concatenating digits to form a single value. The two methods are compared using three different problems, which are finding a static real constant, finding dynamic real constants, and a quadratic map, which on iteration generates a chaotic time-series. The results indicate that the digit concatenation approach results in a significant improvement in the best fitness obtained across all problems analysed here.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
EditorsConor Ryan, Terence Soule, Maarten Keijzer, Edward Tsang, Riccardo Poli, Ernesto Costa
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages173-182
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)354000971X, 9783540009719
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2003

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume2610
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

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