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The Effect of Plagues in Genetic Programming: A Study of Variable-Size Populations

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A study on the effect of variable size populations in genetic programming is presented in this work.We apply the idea of plague (high desease of individuals).We show that although plagues are generally considered as negative events, they can help populations to save computing time and at the same time surviving individuals can reach high peaks in the fitness landscape.

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  1. Computer Science DepartmentCentro Universitario de Merida, University of Extremadura, C/ Sta Teresa de Jornet, 38, 06800, Merida, Spain

    Francisco Fernandez

  2. Computer Science Institute, University of Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Leonardo Vanneschi & Marco Tomassini

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Computer Science and Information Systems, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

    Conor Ryan

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Idaho, 83844-1010, Moscow, ID, USA

    Terence Soule

  3. Department of Computer Science, Free University of Amsterdam, 1081, HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Maarten Keijzer

  4. Department of Computer Science, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, CO4 3SQ, Colchester, UK

    Edward Tsang  & Riccardo Poli  & 

  5. Department of Computer Science, University of Coimbra, Polo II, Pinhal Marrocos, 3030-290, Coimbra, Portugal

    Ernesto Costa

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Fernandez, F., Vanneschi, L., Tomassini, M. (2003). The Effect of Plagues in Genetic Programming: A Study of Variable-Size Populations. In: Ryan, C., Soule, T., Keijzer, M., Tsang, E., Poli, R., Costa, E. (eds) Genetic Programming. EuroGP 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2610. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36599-0_29

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