Overview

Grammatical Evolution: Evolutionary Automatic Programming in an Arbitrary Language provides the first comprehensive introduction to Grammatical Evolution, a novel approach to Genetic Programming that adopts principles from molecular biology in a simple and useful manner, coupled with the use of grammars to specify legal structures in a search. Grammatical Evolution's rich modularity gives a unique flexibility, making it possible to use alternative search strategies - whether evolutionary, deterministic or some other approach - and to even radically change its behavior by merely changing the grammar supplied. This approach to Genetic Programming represents a powerful new weapon in the Machine Learning toolkit that can be applied to a diverse set of problem domains.

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Author:   Michael O'Neill ,  Conor Ryan
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Volume:   4
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.261kg
ISBN:  

9781461350811

ISBN 10:   1461350816
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   30 October 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 1 Evolutionary Automatic Programming.- 2 Molecular Biology.- 3 Grammars.- 4 Outline.- 2. Survey of Evolutionary Automatic Programming.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Evolutionary Automatic Programming.- 3 Origin of the Species.- 4 Tree-based Systems.- 5 String based GP.- 6 Conclusions.- 3. Lessons from Molecular Biology.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Genetic Codes & Gene Expression Models.- 3 Neutral Theory of Evolution.- 4 Further Principles.- 5 Desirable Features.- 6 Conclusions.- 4. Grammatical Evolution.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Background.- 3 Grammatical Evolution.- 4 Discussion.- 5 Conclusions.- 5. Four Examples of Grammatical Evolution.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Symbolic Regression.- 3 Symbolic Integration.- 4 Santa Fe Ant Trail.- 5 Caching Algorithms.- 6 Conclusions.- 6. Analysis of Grammatical Evolution.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Wrapping Operator.- 3 Degenerate Genetic Code.- 4 Removal of Wrapping and Degeneracy.- 5 Mutation Rates.- 6 Conclusions.- 7. Crossover in Grammatical Evolution.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Homologous Crossover.- 3 Headless Chicken.- 4 Conclusions.- 8. Extensions & Applications.- 1 Translation.- 2 Alternative Search Strategies.- 3 Grammar Defined Introns.- 4 GAUGE.- 5 Chorus.- 6 Financial Prediction.- 7 Adaptive Logic Programming.- 8 Sensible Initialisation.- 9 Genetic Programming.- 10 Conclusions.- 9. Conclusions & Future Work.- 1 Summary.- 2 Future Work.

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From the reviews: This is the first book written on grammatical evolution, a new technique that is receiving increasing attention and use. Therefore, the book fulfills an important role ... . The book contains a good description of grammatical evolution ... . `Grammatical Evolution' should be useful for specialists and Ph.D. students in the field of grammatical evolution and genetic programming, and people working in artificial intelligence and genetic algorithms in general. We would advise it as a good resource for university libraries. (Manuel Alfonseca and Alfonso Ortega, Genetic programming and Evolvable Machines, Vol. 5, 2004)

From the reviews: This is the first book written on grammatical evolution, a new technique that is receiving increasing attention and use. Therefore, the book fulfills an important role ... . The book contains a good description of grammatical evolution ... . 'Grammatical Evolution' should be useful for specialists and Ph.D. students in the field of grammatical evolution and genetic programming, and people working in artificial intelligence and genetic algorithms in general. We would advise it as a good resource for university libraries. (Manuel Alfonseca and Alfonso Ortega, Genetic programming and Evolvable Machines, Vol. 5, 2004)

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