Machine Learning for Evolution Strategies (Studies in Big Data, 20)

Kramer, Oliver

ISBN 10: 3319815008 / ISBN 13: 9783319815008

Published by Springer, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Machine Learning for Evolution Strategies (Studies in Big Data, 20)
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319815008
• ISBN 13: 9783319815008
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

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.