A Proposal of Memory and Prediction Based Genetic Algorithm Using Speciation in Dynamic Multimodal Function Optimization

Takumi Ichimura; Hiroshi Inoue; Akira Hara; Tetsuyuki Takahama; Kenneth J. Mackin

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JACIII Vol.15 No.8 pp. 1082-1094

doi: 10.20965/jaciii.2011.p1082

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A Proposal of Memory and Prediction Based Genetic Algorithm Using Speciation in Dynamic Multimodal Function Optimization

Takumi Ichimura^, Hiroshi Inoue^, Akira Hara^,
Tetsuyuki Takahama^, and Kenneth J. Mackin^

^*Faculty of Management and Information Systems, Prefectural University of Hiroshima, 1-1-71 Ujina-Higashi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734-8559, Japan

^**Graduate School of Information Sciences, Hiroshima City University, 3-4-1 Ozuka-higashi, Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima 731-3194, Japan

^***Department of Information Systems, Tokyo University of Information Sciences, 4-1 Onaridai, Wakaba-ku, Chiba 265-8501, Japan

Received:

March 5, 2011

Accepted:

July 15, 2011

Published:

October 20, 2011

Keywords:

case-based memory genetic algorithm, prediction, speciation, multimodal function, dynamic environment

Abstract

It is a difficult problem for evolutionary algorithms to search an optimal solution in multimodal functions with dynamic environments, where individuals searchmore than one optimum and their fitness values change over time. In this paper, we propose a method of Memory and Prediction Based Genetic Algorithm Using Speciation. This method is extended with a case based memory and a meta learner for precise prediction of environmental change. Especially, the individuals in a memory consist of 4 kinds of predictors and they can adjust to the change of dynamic environment adaptively. Speciation has shown to be an effective technique for multimodal optimization. A niching method based on speciation can be used to classify a population into groups according to their similarity measured by a distance. In this paper, each group by speciation has a memory and the individuals stored in the memory can respond to the situation according to the dynamic environment. In order to verify the effectiveness, the method is examined to search for an optimal solutions in multimodal functions.

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T. Ichimura, H. Inoue, A. Hara, T. Takahama, and K. Mackin, “A Proposal of Memory and Prediction Based Genetic Algorithm Using Speciation in Dynamic Multimodal Function Optimization,” J. Adv. Comput. Intell. Intell. Inform., Vol.15 No.8, pp. 1082-1094, 2011.

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A Proposal of Memory and Prediction Based Genetic Algorithm Using Speciation in Dynamic Multimodal Function Optimization

Takumi Ichimura*, Hiroshi Inoue**, Akira Hara**, Tetsuyuki Takahama**, and Kenneth J. Mackin***

Takumi Ichimura^, Hiroshi Inoue^, Akira Hara^,
Tetsuyuki Takahama^, and Kenneth J. Mackin^