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ADAPTIVE SEARCH USING A REPRODUCTIVE META‐PLAN

R.E. MERCER (Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta (Canada))
J.R. SAMPSON (Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta (Canada))

Kybernetes

ISSN: 0368-492X

Article publication date: 1 March 1978

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Abstract

A reproductive plan is a type of adaptive procedure devised by Holland which embodies many principles found in the adaptation of natural systems through evolution. This study develops a reproductive meta‐plan, an adaptive procedure that controls the modification of parameter values in a reproductive plan. After a brief review of Holland's formalization of reproductive plans, a non‐reproductive meta‐plan devised by Cavicchio is discussed. In response to some of the limitations of Cavicchio's approach, a reproductive meta‐plan is developed. Experiments with computer implementations of both meta‐plans show improvement in a reproductive plan's utility gain when the reproductive meta‐plan is used.

Citation

MERCER, R.E. and SAMPSON, J.R. (1978), "ADAPTIVE SEARCH USING A REPRODUCTIVE META‐PLAN", Kybernetes, Vol. 7 No. 3, pp. 215-228. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb005486

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