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In this paper we examine a modification to the genetic algorithm — a new adaptive operator was developed for two industrial applications using genetic algorithm based on-line control systems. The aim is to enable the control systems to track optima of a time-varying dynamic system whilst not being detrimental to its ability to provide sound results for the stationary environments. When compared with the hypermutation operator, the new operator matched the level of diversity introduced into the population with the “degree” of the environmental changes better because it increases population diversity only gradually. Although the new technique was developed for the control application domain where real variables are mostly used, a possible generalization of the method is also suggested. It is believed that the technique has the potential to be a further contribution in making genetic algorithm based techniques more readily usable in industrial control applications.
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Vavak, F., Fogarty, T.C., Jukes, K. (1996). A genetic algorithm with variable range of local search for tracking changing environments. In: Voigt, HM., Ebeling, W., Rechenberg, I., Schwefel, HP. (eds) Parallel Problem Solving from Nature — PPSN IV. PPSN 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1141. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-61723-X_1002
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