Questions tagged [elitism]
For questions related to the concept of elitism (i.e. allow only the best organisms from the current generation to carry over to the next) in the context of evolutionary algorithms.
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Does elitism cause premature convergence in genetic algorithms?
I have a genetic algorithm which is working fairly well. It's got all the standard operators, including initial random population, crossover ratio, mutation rate, degree of mutation, etc.
This works ...
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Is elitism preferred over non-elitism in the cross-over operator?
There are two potential approaches when performing cross-over operation in genetic algorithms.
Use only the elites in the pool, probably the ones that are also going to be directly transferred to the ...
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