Article ID: | iaor20002319 |
Country: | Netherlands |
Volume: | 5 |
Issue: | 2 |
Start Page Number: | 145 |
End Page Number: | 158 |
Publication Date: | Jun 1999 |
Journal: | Journal of Heuristics |
Authors: | Hertz A., Calegari P., Coray G., Kobler D., Kuonen P. |
Keywords: | metaheuristics |
This paper shows how evolutionary algorithms can be described in a concise, yet comprehensive and accurate way. A classification scheme is introduced and presented in a tabular form called TEA (Table of Evolutionary Algorithms). It distinguishes between different classes of evolutionary algorithms (e.g., genetic algorithms, ant systems) by enumerating the fundamental ingredients of each of these algorithms. At the end, possible uses of the TEA are illustrated on classical evolutionary algorithms.