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eaLib — A Java Frameword for Implementation of Evolutionary Algorithms

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Computational Intelligence. Theory and Applications (Fuzzy Days 2001)

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This article gives an overview over eaLib, a framework for the implementation of evolutionary algorithms written in Java. After an introduction the kind of genetic representation used in the toolkit is discussed and provided genetic operators are introduced. Thereafter the concept of breaking an evolutionary algorithm into components and the definition of interfaces for these components is discussed. On that basis a controller model for flexibel and fast creation of algorithms is presented. The paper concludes with a section dealing with issues of parallelization of evolutionary algorithms and gives a short outlook on future work.

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  1. Institute for Electronic Circuits and Systems, Technical University of Ilmenau, Ilmenau, Germany

    Andreas Rummler & Gerd Scarbata

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  1. Computer Science I, University of Dortmund, 44221, Dortmund, Germany

    Bernd Reusch

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Rummler, A., Scarbata, G. (2001). eaLib — A Java Frameword for Implementation of Evolutionary Algorithms. In: Reusch, B. (eds) Computational Intelligence. Theory and Applications. Fuzzy Days 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2206. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45493-4_14

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