Foundations of Genetic Algorithms: 9th International Workshop, FOGA 2007, Mexico City, Mexico, January 8-11, 2007, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 4436)

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 9th Workshop on the Foundations of Genetic Algorithms, FOGA 2007, held in Mexico City, Mexico in January 2007. The 11 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected during two rounds of reviewing and improvement from 22 submissions. The papers address all current topics in the field of theoretical evolutionary computation including evolution strategies, evolutionary programming, and genetic programming, and also depict the continuing growth in interactions with other fields such as mathematics, physics, and biology. Front Matter....Pages - Inbreeding Properties of Geometric Crossover and Non-geometric Recombinations....Pages 1-14 Just What Are Building Blocks?....Pages 15-34 Sufficient Conditions for Coarse-Graining Evolutionary Dynamics....Pages 35-53 On the Brittleness of Evolutionary Algorithms....Pages 54-69 Mutative Self-adaptation on the Sharp and Parabolic Ridge....Pages 70-96 Genericity of the Fixed Point Set for the Infinite Population Genetic Algorithm....Pages 97-109 Neighborhood Graphs and Symmetric Genetic Operators....Pages 110-122 Decomposition of Fitness Functions in Random Heuristic Search....Pages 123-137 On the Effects of Bit-Wise Neutrality on Fitness Distance Correlation, Phenotypic Mutation Rates and Problem Hardness....Pages 138-164 Continuous Optimisation Theory Made Easy? Finite-Element Models of Evolutionary Strategies, Genetic Algorithms and Particle Swarm Optimizers....Pages 165-193 Saddles and Barrier in Landscapes of Generalized Search Operators....Pages 194-212 Back Matter....Pages - Readers will find here a fascinating text that is the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 9th Workshop on the Foundations of Genetic Algorithms, FOGA 2007, held in Mexico City in January 2007. The 11 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected during two rounds of reviewing and improvement from 22 submissions. The papers address all current topics in the field of theoretical evolutionary computation and also depict the continuing growth in interactions with other fields such as mathematics, physics, and biology Christopher R. Stephens ... [et Al.] (eds.). Includes Bibliographical References And Index.