Questions tagged [genetic-operators]
For questions related to genetic operators, such as the selection, crossover or mutation operators.
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What is the impact of changing the crossover and mutation rates?
What is the impact of using a:
low crossover rate
high crossover rate
low mutation rate
high mutation rate
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Is there some known pattern for selecting a batch of candidates for the next generation?
I'm a beginner with a classic "racing car" sandbox and a homemade simple neural network.
My pattern:
Copy the "top car" (without mutation) to the next generation
If there are ...
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Can we use genetic algorithms to evolve datasets?
Genetic algorithms are used to solve many optimization tasks.
If I have a dataset, can I evolve it with a genetic algorithm to create an evolved version of the same dataset?
We could consider each ...
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How to avoid running out of solutions in genetic algorithm due to selection?
The genetic algorithm consists of 5 phases of which 4 are repeated:
Initial population (initially)
Fitness function
Selection
Crossover
Mutation
In the selection phase, the number of solutions ...
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How do I determine the genomes to use for crossover in NEAT?
If I have the fitness of each genome, how do I determine which genome will crossover with which, and so on, so that I get a new population?
Unfortunately, I can't find anything about it in the ...
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How does the crossover operator work when my output contains only 2 states?
I'm currently working on a project where I am using a basic cellular automata and a genetic algorithm to create dungeon-like maps. Currently, I'm having an incredibly hard time understanding how ...
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What does “In each generation, 25% of offspring resulted from mutation without crossover” mean in the context of NEAT?
I am reading through the NEAT paper. In parameter settings, page 15, there is:
In each generation, 25% of offspring resulted from mutation without crossover.
What does it mean?
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What is the difference between “mutation” and “crossover”?
In the context of evolutionary computation, in particular genetic algorithms, there are two stochastic operations "mutation" and "crossover". What are the differences between them?
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How do mutation and crossover work with real-valued chromosomes?
How exactly are "mutation" and "cross-over" applied in the context of a genetic algorithm based on real numbers (as opposed to just bits)? I think I understood how those two phases are applied in a "...
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What is meant by “reproduction” in the description of this exercise?
In the following exercise, the word reproduction is mentioned.
Your task is to design a simple genetic algorithm, with binary-coded chromosomes, in order to solve a pattern-finding problem in 16-bit ...
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Why is cross-over a part of genetic algorithms?
Genetic Algorithms has come to my attention recently when trying to correct/improve computer opponents for turn-based strategy computer games.
I implemented a simple Genetic Algorithm that didn't use ...
