The performance effects of interaction frequency in parallel cooperative coevolution

Xiaofen LU, Stefan MENZEL, Ke TANG, Xin YAO

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Abstract

Cooperative coevolution (CC) employs a divide-and-conquer paradigm for tackling complex optimization problems. Its performance is influenced by many design decisions. Therefore, to beneficially use it, it is important to acquire some knowledge of the effects of different design settings on the performance of CC. In this paper, we investigate experimentally the performance effects of interaction frequency in parallel CC. The experimental results show that it is overall best for subpopulations to interact with each other as frequently as possible when communication cost is ignored; when communication cost is considered, the best interaction frequency varies from problem to problem and a dynamic change of it is desirable during the optimization process. © 2014, Springer International Publishing Switzerland.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSimulated Evolution and Learning : 10th International Conference, SEAL 2014, Dunedin, New Zealand, December 15-18, Proceedings
EditorsGrant DICK, Will N. BROWNE, Peter WHIGHAM, Mengjie ZHANG, Thu Bui LAM, Hisao ISHIBUCHI, Yaochu JIN, Xiaodong LI, Yuhui SHI, Pramod SINGH, Kay Chen TAN, Ke TANG
PublisherSpringer, Cham
Pages82-93
Number of pages12
ISBN (Electronic)9783319135632
ISBN (Print)9783319135625
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event10th International Conference on Simulated Evolution and Learning, SEAL 2014 - Dunedin, New Zealand
Duration: 15 Dec 201418 Dec 2014

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
PublisherSpringer Cham
Volume8886
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference10th International Conference on Simulated Evolution and Learning, SEAL 2014
Country/TerritoryNew Zealand
CityDunedin
Period15/12/1418/12/14

Bibliographical note

This work was supported by Honda Research Institute Europe (HRI-EU) and European Commission FP7 grants (Nos. 257906 and 247619).

Keywords

  • Cooperative Coevolution
  • Interaction Frequency

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