This paper presents an investigation of a novel model
for parallel evolutionary algorithms (EAs) based on the
biological concept of species. In EA population search,
new species represent solutions that could lead to good
solutions but are disadvantaged due to their
dissimilarity from the rest of the population. The
Speciating Island Model (SIM) attempts to exploit new
species when they arise by allocating them to new
search processes executing on other islands (other
processors). The long term goal of the SIM is to allow
new species to diffuse throughout a large (conceptual)
parallel computer network, where idle and unimproving
processors initiate a new search process with them. In
this paper, we focus on the successful identification
and exploitation of new species and show that the SIM
can achieve improved solution quality as compared to a
canonical parallel EA.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Gustafson:2006:JPDC
%A Gustafson, Steven
%A Burke, Edmund K.
%D 2006
%J Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing
%K Islands Parallel algorithms, evolutionary genetic programming,
%N 8
%P 1025--1036
%R doi:10.1016/j.jpdc.2006.04.017
%T The Speciating Island Model: An alternative parallel
evolutionary algorithm
%V 66
%X This paper presents an investigation of a novel model
for parallel evolutionary algorithms (EAs) based on the
biological concept of species. In EA population search,
new species represent solutions that could lead to good
solutions but are disadvantaged due to their
dissimilarity from the rest of the population. The
Speciating Island Model (SIM) attempts to exploit new
species when they arise by allocating them to new
search processes executing on other islands (other
processors). The long term goal of the SIM is to allow
new species to diffuse throughout a large (conceptual)
parallel computer network, where idle and unimproving
processors initiate a new search process with them. In
this paper, we focus on the successful identification
and exploitation of new species and show that the SIM
can achieve improved solution quality as compared to a
canonical parallel EA.
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for parallel evolutionary algorithms (EAs) based on the
biological concept of species. In EA population search,
new species represent solutions that could lead to good
solutions but are disadvantaged due to their
dissimilarity from the rest of the population. The
Speciating Island Model (SIM) attempts to exploit new
species when they arise by allocating them to new
search processes executing on other islands (other
processors). The long term goal of the SIM is to allow
new species to diffuse throughout a large (conceptual)
parallel computer network, where idle and unimproving
processors initiate a new search process with them. In
this paper, we focus on the successful identification
and exploitation of new species and show that the SIM
can achieve improved solution quality as compared to a
canonical parallel EA.},
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