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Analysing the Regularity of Genomes using Compression and Expression Simplification

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Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Genetic Programming, volume 4445 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, page 251--260. Valencia, Spain, Springer, (11 - 13 April 2007)
DOI: doi:10.1007/978-3-540-71605-1_23

Abstract

We propose expression simplification and tree compression as aids in understanding the evolution of regular structure in Genetic Programming individuals. We apply the analysis to two previously-published algorithms, which aimed to promote regular and repeated structure. One relies on subtree duplication operators, the other uses repeated evaluation during a developmental process. Both successfully generated solutions to difficult problems, their success being ascribed to promotion of regular structure. Our analysis modifies this ascription: the evolution of regular structure is more complex than anticipated, and the success of the techniques may have arisen from a combination of promotion of regularity, and other, so far unidentified, effects.

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