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The Mixing Rate of Different Crossover Operators

The Mixing Rate of Different Crossover Operators
The Mixing Rate of Different Crossover Operators
In order to understand the mixing effect of crossover a simple shuffling problem is considered. The time taken for the strings in a population to become mixed is calculated for different crossover procedures. Uniform crossover is found to mix the population fastest, while single-point crossover causes very slow mixing. Two-point crossover extrapolates between these two limiting cases.
261-274
Prügel-Bennett, A
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Prügel-Bennett, A (2001) The Mixing Rate of Different Crossover Operators. Martin, W. N. and Spears, W. (eds.) Foundations of Genetic Algorithms 6. pp. 261-274 .

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Abstract

In order to understand the mixing effect of crossover a simple shuffling problem is considered. The time taken for the strings in a population to become mixed is calculated for different crossover procedures. Uniform crossover is found to mix the population fastest, while single-point crossover causes very slow mixing. Two-point crossover extrapolates between these two limiting cases.

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Published date: 2001
Additional Information: Address: San Francisco
Venue - Dates: Foundations of Genetic Algorithms 6, 2001-01-01
Organisations: Southampton Wireless Group

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Local EPrints ID: 254125
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/254125
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Date deposited: 22 Mar 2002
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 05:30

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Author: A Prügel-Bennett
Editor: W. N. Martin
Editor: W. Spears

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