The effects of size and depth limits on tree based genetic programming Export

@inbook{crane:2005:GPTP, abstract = {Bloat is a common and well studied problem in genetic programming. Size and depth limits are often used to combat bloat, but to date there has been little detailed exploration of the effects and biases of such limits. In this paper we present empirical analysis of the effects of size and depth limits on binary tree genetic programs. We find that size limits control population average size in much the same way as depth limits do. Our data suggests, however that size limits provide finer and more reliable control than depth limits, which has less of an impact upon tree shapes.}, author = {Crane, Ellery F. and Mcphee, Nicholas F.}, booktitle = {Genetic Programming Theory and Practice {III}}, citeulike-article-id = {1642439}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~wbl/biblio/gp-html/crane_2005_GPTP.html}, editor = {Yu, Tina and Riolo, Rick L. and Worzel, Bill}, keywords = {analysis, depth, depth-limits, evolutionary-computation, genetic-programming, limits, size, size-limits, theory}, posted-at = {2007-09-10 16:49:02}, priority = {0}, publisher = {Springer}, title = {The effects of size and depth limits on tree based genetic programming}, url = {http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~wbl/biblio/gp-html/crane_2005_GPTP.html}, year = {2005} }

TY - CHAP ID - crane:2005:GPTP L3 - citeulike-article-id:1642439 N2 - Bloat is a common and well studied problem in genetic programming. Size and depth limits are often used to combat bloat, but to date there has been little detailed exploration of the effects and biases of such limits. In this paper we present empirical analysis of the effects of size and depth limits on binary tree genetic programs. We find that size limits control population average size in much the same way as depth limits do. Our data suggests, however that size limits provide finer and more reliable control than depth limits, which has less of an impact upon tree shapes. TI - The effects of size and depth limits on tree based genetic programming PB - Springer T2 - Genetic Programming Theory and Practice {III} KW - analysis KW - depth KW - depth-limits KW - evolutionary-computation KW - genetic-programming KW - limits KW - size KW - size-limits KW - theory AU - Crane, Ellery AU - Mcphee, Nicholas A2 - Yu, Tina A2 - Riolo, Rick A2 - Worzel, Bill PY - 2005/// UR - http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~wbl/biblio/gp-html/crane_2005_GPTP.html ER -