
CONTENTS xi
11.2.2 SelectionOperators ........................ 193
11.3StrategyParameters ............................ 195
11.3.1 StaticStrategyParameters .................... 195
11.3.2 DynamicStrategies......................... 195
11.3.3 Self-Adaptation........................... 198
11.4 Evolutionary Programming Implementations . . . ........... 200
11.4.1 ClassicalEvolutionaryProgramming............... 200
11.4.2 FastEvolutionaryProgramming ................. 201
11.4.3 ExponentialEvolutionaryProgramming............. 201
11.4.4 Accelerated Evolutionary Programming . ............ 201
11.4.5 Momentum Evolutionary Programming ............. 202
11.4.6 EvolutionaryProgrammingwithLocalSearch.......... 203
11.4.7 EvolutionaryProgrammingwithExtinction........... 203
11.4.8 HybridwithParticleSwarmOptimization............ 204
11.5AdvancedTopics .............................. 206
11.5.1 ConstraintHandlingApproaches ................. 206
11.5.2 Multi-ObjectiveOptimizationandNiching ........... 206
11.5.3 DynamicEnvironments ...................... 206
11.6Applications................................. 207
11.6.1 Finite-StateMachines ....................... 207
11.6.2 FunctionOptimization....................... 208
11.6.3 TrainingNeuralNetworks..................... 209
11.6.4 Real-WorldApplications...................... 210
11.7Assignments................................. 210
12 Evolution Strategies 213
12.1(1+1)-ES.................................. 213
12.2GenericEvolutionStrategyAlgorithm .................. 215
12.3StrategyParametersandSelf-Adaptation ................ 216
12.3.1 StrategyParameterTypes..................... 216
12.3.2 StrategyParameterVariants ................... 218
12.3.3 Self-AdaptationStrategies..................... 219
12.4EvolutionStrategyOperators....................... 221
12.4.1 SelectionOperators ........................ 221
12.4.2 CrossoverOperators ........................ 222
12.4.3 MutationOperators ........................ 224
12.5EvolutionStrategyVariants........................ 226
12.5.1 PolarEvolutionStrategies..................... 226
12.5.2 EvolutionStrategieswithDirectedVariation .......... 227