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Machine Learning for Evolution Strategies
Title:
Machine Learning for Evolution Strategies
Author:
Kramer, Oliver. author.
ISBN:
9783319333830
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Physical Description:
IX, 124 p. 38 illus. in color. online resource.
Series:
Studies in Big Data, 20
Contents:
Part I Evolution Strategies -- Part II Machine Learning -- Part III Supervised Learning.
Abstract:
This book introduces numerous algorithmic hybridizations between both worlds that show how machine learning can improve and support evolution strategies. The set of methods comprises covariance matrix estimation, meta-modeling of fitness and constraint functions, dimensionality reduction for search and visualization of high-dimensional optimization processes, and clustering-based niching. After giving an introduction to evolution strategies and machine learning, the book builds the bridge between both worlds with an algorithmic and experimental perspective. Experiments mostly employ a (1+1)-ES and are implemented in Python using the machine learning library scikit-learn. The examples are conducted on typical benchmark problems illustrating algorithmic concepts and their experimental behavior. The book closes with a discussion of related lines of research.
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