Parameter Mapping: A genetic programming approach to function optimization

Issue title: Genetic Programming An Emerging Engineering Tool

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Pujol, Joao Carlos Figueira^{a; *} | Poli, Riccardo^b

Affiliations: [a] Centro de Desenvolvimento da Tecnologia Nuclear (CDTN), Rua Prof. Mario Werneck s/n, 30123 970, Belo Horizonte, Brazil | [b] Department Computing and Electronic Systems, University of Essex, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, UK

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author. E-mail: pujol@cdttn.br

Abstract: This paper describes a new approach to optimization that uses a novel representation for the parameters to be optimized. By using genetic programming, the method evolves a population of functions. The purpose of such functions is to transform initial random values of the parameters into better ones. The representation is, in principle, independent of the size of the problem being addressed. Promising results are reported, comparing the new method with differential evolution, particle swarm optimization, and genetic algorithms, on a test suite of benchmark problems.

DOI: 10.3233/KES-2008-12104

Journal: International Journal of Knowledge-based and Intelligent Engineering Systems, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 29-45, 2008