{"title":"Saving computational effort in genetic programming by means of plagues","authors":"F. Fernández, M. Tomassini, L. Vanneschi","doi":"10.1109/CEC.2003.1299924","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A new technique for saving computing resources when using genetic programming is presented in this work. Instead of directly fighting bloat $the main factor explaining the large computational cost required for the evaluation of generations - by acting on individuals, we apply a new operator to the whole population: the plague. By removing some individuals every generation, we compensate for the increase in size of individuals, thus saving computing time when looking for solutions.","PeriodicalId":416243,"journal":{"name":"The 2003 Congress on Evolutionary Computation, 2003. CEC '03.","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2003-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"34","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The 2003 Congress on Evolutionary Computation, 2003. CEC '03.","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2003.1299924","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A new technique for saving computing resources when using genetic programming is presented in this work. Instead of directly fighting bloat $the main factor explaining the large computational cost required for the evaluation of generations - by acting on individuals, we apply a new operator to the whole population: the plague. By removing some individuals every generation, we compensate for the increase in size of individuals, thus saving computing time when looking for solutions.