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What is Bloat

Chapter 5
Handbook of Research on Nature-Inspired Computing for Economics and Management
In some cases, the size of individuals will suddenly grow beyond reason, consuming all the resources of the host computer within a handful of generations. It is believed that bloat is related to overfitting.
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Genetic Programming
P. Collet (Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale, France)
Copyright: © 2007 |Pages: 15
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-984-7.ch005
Abstract
The aim of genetic programming is to evolve programs or functions (symbolic regression) thanks to artificial evolution. This technique is now mature and can routinely yield results on par with (or even better than) human intelligence. This chapter sums up the basics of genetic programming and outlines the main subtleties one should be aware of in order to obtain good results.
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