Abstract
Gene space, as it is currently formulated, cannot provide a solid basis for investigating the behavior of the GA. We instead propose an approach that takes population effects into account. Starting from a discussion of diversity, we develop a distance measure between populations and thereby a population metric space. We finally argue that one specific parameterization of this measure is particularly appropriate for use with GAs.
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Wineberg, M., Oppacher, F. (2003). Distance between Populations. In: Cantú-Paz, E., et al. Genetic and Evolutionary Computation — GECCO 2003. GECCO 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2724. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45110-2_20
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