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  • Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Artificial Intelligence

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  • Many engineering problems exhibit regularity, where solutions can be reused.
  • Evolutionary algorithms with indirect encoding excel at regular problems by reusing genomic information.
  • However, real-world problems often contain irregularities that hinder indirect encoding performance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To improve the HybrID algorithm, which combines indirect and direct encoding for evolutionary problems.
  • To eliminate the need for manual parameter specification in HybrID's switching mechanism.
  • To evaluate two novel methods: Auto-Switch-HybrID and Offset-HybrID.

Main Methods:

  • Developed Auto-Switch-HybrID to automatically switch from indirect to direct encoding upon fitness stagnation.
  • Developed Offset-HybrID to simultaneously evolve indirect encoding with directly encoded offsets.
  • Compared original HybrID, Auto-Switch-HybrID, and Offset-HybrID on three problems with adjustable regularity.

Main Results:

  • Both Auto-Switch-HybrID and Offset-HybrID demonstrated superior performance compared to the original HybrID.
  • Each new method showed advantages on different types of problems with varying regularity.
  • Offset-HybrID suggests a promising direction for automatically combining indirect and direct encoding.

Conclusions:

  • Auto-Switch-HybrID and Offset-HybrID offer enhanced tools for solving complex engineering problems using evolutionary algorithms.
  • These automated methods provide more robust solutions than manually tuned approaches.
  • Offset-HybrID presents a novel framework for unified indirect and direct encoding strategies.