Efficient And Accurate Parallel Genetic Algorithms

Author : Erick Cantú-Paz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 146154369X
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Efficient and Accurate Parallel Genetic Algorithms written by Erick Cantú-Paz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As genetic algorithms (GAs) become increasingly popular, they are applied to difficult problems that may require considerable computations. In such cases, parallel implementations of GAs become necessary to reach high-quality solutions in reasonable times. But, even though their mechanics are simple, parallel GAs are complex non-linear algorithms that are controlled by many parameters, which are not well understood. Efficient and Accurate Parallel Genetic Algorithms is about the design of parallel GAs. It presents theoretical developments that improve our understanding of the effect of the algorithm's parameters on its search for quality and efficiency. These developments are used to formulate guidelines on how to choose the parameter values that minimize the execution time while consistently reaching solutions of high quality. Efficient and Accurate Parallel Genetic Algorithms can be read in several ways, depending on the readers' interests and their previous knowledge about these algorithms. Newcomers to the field will find the background material in each chapter useful to become acquainted with previous work, and to understand the problems that must be faced to design efficient and reliable algorithms. Potential users of parallel GAs that may have doubts about their practicality or reliability may be more confident after reading this book and understanding the algorithms better. Those who are ready to try a parallel GA on their applications may choose to skim through the background material, and use the results directly without following the derivations in detail. These readers will find that using the results can help them to choose the type of parallel GA that best suits their needs, without having to invest the time to implement and test various options. Once that is settled, even the most experienced users dread the long and frustrating experience of configuring their algorithms by trial and error. The guidelines contained herein will shorten dramatically the time spent tweaking the algorithm, although some experimentation may still be needed for fine-tuning. Efficient and Accurate Parallel Genetic Algorithms is suitable as a secondary text for a graduate level course, and as a reference for researchers and practitioners in industry.

Author : Gabriel Luque
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3642220843
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Parallel Genetic Algorithms written by Gabriel Luque and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-06-15 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the result of several years of research trying to better characterize parallel genetic algorithms (pGAs) as a powerful tool for optimization, search, and learning. Readers can learn how to solve complex tasks by reducing their high computational times. Dealing with two scientific fields (parallelism and GAs) is always difficult, and the book seeks at gracefully introducing from basic concepts to advanced topics. The presentation is structured in three parts. The first one is targeted to the algorithms themselves, discussing their components, the physical parallelism, and best practices in using and evaluating them. A second part deals with the theory for pGAs, with an eye on theory-to-practice issues. A final third part offers a very wide study of pGAs as practical problem solvers, addressing domains such as natural language processing, circuits design, scheduling, and genomics. This volume will be helpful both for researchers and practitioners. The first part shows pGAs to either beginners and mature researchers looking for a unified view of the two fields: GAs and parallelism. The second part partially solves (and also opens) new investigation lines in theory of pGAs. The third part can be accessed independently for readers interested in applications. The result is an excellent source of information on the state of the art and future developments in parallel GAs.

Author : Bartlomiej Beliczynski
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3540716181
Total Pages : 854 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adaptive and Natural Computing Algorithms written by Bartlomiej Beliczynski and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-07-03 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Adaptive and Natural Computing Algorithms, ICANNGA 2007, held in Warsaw, Poland, in April 2007. Coverage in the first volume includes evolutionary computation, genetic algorithms, and particle swarm optimization. The second volume covers neural networks, support vector machines, biomedical signal and image processing, biometrics, computer vision.

Author : F.J. Lobo
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3540694323
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Parameter Setting in Evolutionary Algorithms written by F.J. Lobo and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-04-03 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the main difficulties of applying an evolutionary algorithm (or, as a matter of fact, any heuristic method) to a given problem is to decide on an appropriate set of parameter values. Typically these are specified before the algorithm is run and include population size, selection rate, operator probabilities, not to mention the representation and the operators themselves. This book gives the reader a solid perspective on the different approaches that have been proposed to automate control of these parameters as well as understanding their interactions. The book covers a broad area of evolutionary computation, including genetic algorithms, evolution strategies, genetic programming, estimation of distribution algorithms, and also discusses the issues of specific parameters used in parallel implementations, multi-objective evolutionary algorithms, and practical consideration for real-world applications. It is a recommended read for researchers and practitioners of evolutionary computation and heuristic methods.

Author : Roman Wyrzykowski
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 354024669X
Total Pages : 1179 pages
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Download or read book Parallel Processing and Applied Mathematics written by Roman Wyrzykowski and published by Springer. This book was released on 2004-04-14 with total page 1179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is our pleasure to provide you with the volume containing the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Parallel Processing and Applied Mathe- tics, which was held in Cz ̧ estochowa, a Polish city famous for its Jasna Gora Monastery, on September 7–10, 2003. The ?rst PPAM conference was held in 1994 and was organized by the Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science of the Cz ̧ estochowa University of Technology in its hometown. The main idea behind the event was to provide a forum for researchers involved in applied and computational mathematics and parallel computing to exchange ideas in a relaxed atmosphere. Conference organizers hoped that this arrangement would result in cross-pollination and lead to successful research collaborations. In - dition, they hoped that the initially mostly Polish conference would grow into an international event. The fact that these assumptions were correct was proven by the growth of the event. While the ?rst conference consisted of 41 presen- tions, the conference reached 150 participants in Na l ̧ ecz ́ ow in 2001. In this way the PPAM conference has become one of the premiere Polish conferences, and de?nitely the most important one in the area of parallel/distributed computing andappliedmathematics. This year’s meeting gathered almost 200 participants from 32 countries. A strict refereeing process resulted in the acceptance of approximately 150 cont- buted presentations, while the rejection rate was approximately 33%.

Author : Ching-Hsien Hsu
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642148212
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Methods and Tools of Parallel Programming Multicomputers written by Ching-Hsien Hsu and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-07-30 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Second Russia-Taiwan Symposium on Methods and Tools of Parallel Programming, MTPP 2010, held in Vladivostok, Russia in May 2010. The 33 revised full papers were carefully selected from a large number of submissions and cover the many dimensions of methods and tools of parallel programming, algorithms and architectures, encompassing fundamental theoretical approaches, practical experimental approaches as well as commercial components and systems.

Author : Shigeyoshi Tsutsui
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642379591
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Massively Parallel Evolutionary Computation on GPGPUs written by Shigeyoshi Tsutsui and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-12-05 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evolutionary algorithms (EAs) are metaheuristics that learn from natural collective behavior and are applied to solve optimization problems in domains such as scheduling, engineering, bioinformatics, and finance. Such applications demand acceptable solutions with high-speed execution using finite computational resources. Therefore, there have been many attempts to develop platforms for running parallel EAs using multicore machines, massively parallel cluster machines, or grid computing environments. Recent advances in general-purpose computing on graphics processing units (GPGPU) have opened up this possibility for parallel EAs, and this is the first book dedicated to this exciting development. The three chapters of Part I are tutorials, representing a comprehensive introduction to the approach, explaining the characteristics of the hardware used, and presenting a representative project to develop a platform for automatic parallelization of evolutionary computing (EC) on GPGPUs. The 10 chapters in Part II focus on how to consider key EC approaches in the light of this advanced computational technique, in particular addressing generic local search, tabu search, genetic algorithms, differential evolution, swarm optimization, ant colony optimization, systolic genetic search, genetic programming, and multiobjective optimization. The 6 chapters in Part III present successful results from real-world problems in data mining, bioinformatics, drug discovery, crystallography, artificial chemistries, and sudoku. Although the parallelism of EAs is suited to the single-instruction multiple-data (SIMD)-based GPU, there are many issues to be resolved in design and implementation, and a key feature of the contributions is the practical engineering advice offered. This book will be of value to researchers, practitioners, and graduate students in the areas of evolutionary computation and scientific computing.

Author : S.N. Sivanandam
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540731903
Total Pages : 453 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Genetic Algorithms written by S.N. Sivanandam and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-10-24 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a basic introduction to genetic algorithms. It provides a detailed explanation of genetic algorithm concepts and examines numerous genetic algorithm optimization problems. In addition, the book presents implementation of optimization problems using C and C++ as well as simulated solutions for genetic algorithm problems using MATLAB 7.0. It also includes application case studies on genetic algorithms in emerging fields.

Author : Andrew Lewis
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3642012620
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biologically-Inspired Optimisation Methods written by Andrew Lewis and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-05-12 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers the latest theories, applications and techniques in Biologically-Inspired Optimisation Methods. Many chapters derive from studies presented at workshops and international conferences on e-Science, Grid Computing and Evolutionary computation.

Author : Francisco Fernández de Vega
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3642287891
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Parallel Architectures and Bioinspired Algorithms written by Francisco Fernández de Vega and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-04-27 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph presents examples of best practices when combining bioinspired algorithms with parallel architectures. The book includes recent work by leading researchers in the field and offers a map with the main paths already explored and new ways towards the future. Parallel Architectures and Bioinspired Algorithms will be of value to both specialists in Bioinspired Algorithms, Parallel and Distributed Computing, as well as computer science students trying to understand the present and the future of Parallel Architectures and Bioinspired Algorithms.