Crossover interactions among niches
Samir W. Mahfoud · 2002
Niching methods in genetic algorithms (GAs) strive to locate and maintain stable subpopulations or niches, within a single population. This paper explores the distribution of population elements among niches arising under deterministic crowding. Crossover interactions among niches are observed, isolated, and explained. Ideal behavior is compared with actual behavior on a variety of multimodal optimization problems, including a multimodal deceptive problem.>