Genetic Algorithms Michael J Watts http mike watts
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Genetic Algorithms Michael J. Watts http: //mike. watts. net. nz
Lecture Outline a. Genetic algorithms b. Jargon c. Advantages of GAs d. Disadvantages of GAs e. Simple genetic algorithm f. Encoding schemata g. Fitness evaluation
Lecture Outline a. Selection b. Creating new solutions c. Crossover d. Mutation e. Replacement strategies f. Word matching example
Genetic Algorithms “Genetic algorithms are search algorithms based on the mechanics of natural selection and natural genetics” Goldberg, 1989
Genetic Algorithms a. A kind of evolutionary algorithm b. Also known as GA(s)
Jargon a. Locus - a position on a chromosome b. Gene - a portion of a chromosome representing a parameter of the solution set c. Alleles - different values of a particular gene. Members of the domain of the gene’s value d. Chromosome - string of genes
Jargon a. Genotype - coding of the solution b. Phenotype - expression of the genotype c. Population - group of individuals capable of interbreeding
Advantages of GA a. Efficient means of investigating large combinatorial problems a. can solve combinatorial problems many orders of magnitude faster than exhaustive ‘brute force’ searches
Disadvantages of GA a. GAs are not ‘silver bullets’ for solving problems b. Must be able to assess the quality of each attempt at a solution a. can’t crack PGP with a GA
Disadvantages of GA a. Computationally expensive a. some problems require many days or weeks to run b. often still faster than brute force, however b. Blind, undirected search a. difficult to direct a GA towards optimal solution area if known
Disadvantages of GA a. Can be sensitive to initial parameters a. parameters such as mutation can significantly influence the search b. Stochastic process a. not guaranteed to find an optimal solution, just highly likely to
Simple Genetic Algorithm 1. Select an encoding schema 2. Randomly initialise chromosome pool 3. Evaluate each individual in the population 4. Select fit individuals to breed new population 5. Create new population from parents 6. Replace old population with new population 7. Repeat steps 3 - 6 for each generation
Encoding Schemata a. Two competing principles b. Meaningful building blocks a. “user should select a coding so that short, low order schemata are relevant to the underlying problem” c. Minimal alphabets a. “user should select the smallest alphabet that permits a natural expression of the problem”
Fitness Evaluation a. Method dependent upon problem b. Involves quantifying performance of the phenotypes
Fitness Evaluation a. Normalisation or scaling of fitness values required to prevent good solution overwhelming later generations a. known b. similar as “premature convergence” to the ‘local minima’ problem with neural networks
Selection a. Involves selecting the parents of the next generation b. Many methods in existence c. All based upon the fitness of the individual
Selection a. Roulette selection a. each individual is given a slice of a virtual roulette wheel b. size of each slice is proportional to fitness c. spin the wheel once to select each individual
Roulette Selection
Roulette Selection
Create New Solutions a. Creates new individuals from selected parents b. Two operators come into play a. crossover, b. Mutation and
Crossover a. Two chromosomes join at one or more points and exchange genes b. Types of crossover include
Crossover a. One point a. chromosomes join at only one locus
Crossover a. Two point a. chromosomes join at two loci
Crossover a. Uniform a. crossover toss” at each locus determined by a “coin
Mutation a. One or more allele is randomly chosen and it’s value changed b. Method of change depends upon coding schema used c. Best rate of mutation subject of much current research
Mutation a. Some dispute it’s necessity b. Effect of mutation dependent upon size of alphabet a. the higher the cardinality of the alphabet, the lower the benefit of mutation
Replacement Strategies a. Replace some or all of the parent population with children b. Many different replacement strategies available c. Most concerned with preserving ‘good’ genes and purging ‘bad’ genes
Word Matching Example a. Problem is to ‘guess’ a word b. Difficult to solve with a brute force approach a. assuming case sensitivity, to investigate every possible combination of letters in a seven letter word would require 1, 028, 071, 702, 528 attempts
Word Matching Example a. Assume trying to guess the word ‘genetic’ a. assign fitness based on number of correct letters in the correct place b. Step one: select an encoding schema a. use characters
Word Matching Example a. Step two: initialise the population 1. kdjirid 2. ginddcc 3. nmugjyb 4. zezezez 5. uhjklyt 6. wojikli 7. kladonn 8. flortik
Word Matching Example a. Step three: evaluate the population Average fitness = 1
Word Matching Example a. Step four: select breeding population a. selection based on fitness, so breeding population is
Word Matching Example a. Step five: create new population a. crossover comes into play b. no mutation used here to keep things simple c. eg. cross individual 2 with individual 4 a. individual 2 genotype is: ginddcc d. individual 4 genotype is: zezezez e. crossing over produces : genedec
Word Matching Example a. New population is: average fitness = 2. 375
Summary a. Genetic algorithms are a class of evolutionary algorithm b. Able to efficiently investigate large search spaces c. Have two major requirements a. representation b. Evaluation
Summary a. Population evolves by creating more offspring from fitter members a. fitness based selection b. Offspring created using crossover and mutation operators c. Must be mindful of the disadvantages
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