mcga: R Implementation of the Machine-coded Genetic Algorithms
Journal Title: Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer Science - Year 2017, Vol 20, Issue 2
Abstract
Genetic Algorithms (GAs) are global optimization and search algorithms that mimic the natural selection and genetic processes. Floating-point GAs (FPGAs) are other type of GAs which directly operate on real-vectors without requiring a geno-type { pheno-type distinction and encodingdecoding processes. However, the classical crossover and mutation operators are not directly applicable on the real-vectors. As a result of this, new types of genetic operators are developed for FPGAs. Machine-coded GAs (MCGAs) apply byte-based genetic operators on the byte representations of the candidate solutions. This natural encoding scheme makes classical crossover operators applicable on the real-vectors. Addition to this, MCGAs report more precise results in larger domains of decision variables. Mutation operation on the byte representations of variables have also similar e ects with its binary counterpart. The R package mcga de nes plug-in versions of byte-based operators that can be integrated with the recently developed function ga in package GA. Low level utility functions are written in C++ and wrapped with the Rcpp and .Call interface of R. Advantages and disadvantages of using byte-based operators are discussed and demonstrated on some univariate and multivariate optimization problems.
Authors and Affiliations
Mehmet Hakan Satman, Emre Akadal
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