Theory and Principled Methods for the Design of Metaheuristics
(Sprache: Englisch)
This book describes methods for incorporating problem knowledge in evolutionary algorithms and other metaheuristics, and shows how statistical methods can use experimental data to enhance the performance of existing metaheuristics in a systematic way.
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This book describes methods for incorporating problem knowledge in evolutionary algorithms and other metaheuristics, and shows how statistical methods can use experimental data to enhance the performance of existing metaheuristics in a systematic way.
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Metaheuristics, and evolutionary algorithms in particular, are known to provide efficient, adaptable solutions for many real-world problems, but the often informal way in which they are defined and applied has led to misconceptions, and even successful applications are sometimes the outcome of trial and error. Ideally, theoretical studies should explain when and why metaheuristics work, but the challenge is huge: mathematical analysis requires significant effort even for simple scenarios and real-life problems are usually quite complex. In this book the editors establish a bridge between theory and practice, presenting principled methods that incorporate problem knowledge in evolutionary algorithms and other metaheuristics. The book consists of 11 chapters dealing with the following topics: theoretical results that show what is not possible, an assessment of unsuccessful lines of empirical research; methods for rigorously defining the appropriate scope of problems while acknowledging the compromise between the class of problems to which a search algorithm is applied and its overall expected performance; the top-down principled design of search algorithms, in particular showing that it is possible to design algorithms that are provably good for some rigorously defined classes; and, finally, principled practice, that is reasoned and systematic approaches to setting up experiments, metaheuristic adaptation to specific problems, and setting parameters.
With contributions by some of the leading researchers in this domain, this book will be of significant value to scientists, practitioners, and graduate students in the areas of evolutionary computing, metaheuristics, and computational intelligence.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Theory and Principled Methods for the Design of Metaheuristics “
No Free Lunch Theorems: Limitations and Perspectives of Metaheuristics.- Convergence Rates of Evolutionary Algorithms and Parallel Evolutionary Algorithms.- Rugged and Elementary Landscapes.- Single-Funnel and Multi-funnel Landscapes and Subthreshold Seeking Behavior.- Black-Box Complexity for Bounding the Performance of Randomized Search Heuristics.- Designing and Optimal Search Algorithm with Respect to Prior Information.- The Bayesian Search Game.- Principled Design of Continuous Stochastic Search: From Theory to Practice.- Parsimony Pressure Made Easy: Solving the Problem of Bloat in GP.- Experimental Analysis of Optimization Algorithms: Tuning and Beyond.- Formal Search Algorithms + Problem Characterizations = Executable Search Strategies.
Autoren-Porträt
Dr. Yossi Borenstein is the head of risk analytics at the company VisualDNA; he previously held a position at the University of Hertfordshire, and he received his PhD from the University of Essex; his research interests include data analysis, information retrieval, stochastic optimization, artificial intelligence, and evolutionary computation.Dr. Alberto Moraglio is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Computer Science at the University of Birmingham; he previously held a position at the University of Coimbra, and he received his PhD from the University of Essex; his research focus is the theory of evolutionary computation.
Bibliographische Angaben
- 2014, Repr. 2012, 270 Seiten, 16 farbige Abbildungen, Maße: 16 x 24,1 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Yossi Borenstein, Alberto Moraglio
- Verlag: Springer, Berlin
- ISBN-10: 3642332056
- ISBN-13: 9783642332050
- Erscheinungsdatum: 09.01.2014
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
From the book reviews:"This is a valuable addition to the literature on heuristics for search. Both practitioners and theoreticians should read it." (J. P. E. Hodgson, Computing Reviews, July, 2014)
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