Fixed parameter evolutionary algorithms and maximum leaf spanning trees: a matter of mutation

dc.contributor.authorKratsch, S.
dc.contributor.authorLehre, P.
dc.contributor.authorNeumann, F.
dc.contributor.authorOliveto, P.
dc.contributor.conferenceInternational Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature (11th : 2010 : Krakow, Poland)
dc.contributor.editorSchaefer, R.
dc.contributor.editorCotta, C.
dc.contributor.editorKolodziej, J.
dc.contributor.editorRudolph, G.
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractEvolutionary algorithms have been shown to be very successful for a wide range of NP-hard combinatorial optimization problems. We investigate the NP-hard problem of computing a spanning tree that has a maximal number of leaves by evolutionary algorithms in the context of fixed parameter tractability (FPT) where the maximum number of leaves is the parameter under consideration. Our results show that simple evolutionary algorithms working with an edge-set encoding are confronted with local optima whose size of the inferior neighborhood grows with the value of an optimal solution. Investigating two common mutation operators, we show that an operator related to spanning tree problems leads to an FPT running time in contrast to a general mutation operator that does not have this property.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityStefan Kratsch, Per Kristian Lehre, Frank Neumann and Pietro Simone Oliveto
dc.identifier.citationParallel Problem Solving from Nature – PPSN XI: 11th International Conference, Kraków, Poland, September 11-15, 2010, Proceedings, Part I / Robert Schaefer, Carlos Cotta, Joanna Kołodziej and Günter Rudolph (eds.): pp.204-213
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-642-15844-5_21
dc.identifier.isbn9783642158438
dc.identifier.issn0302-9743
dc.identifier.issn1611-3349
dc.identifier.orcidNeumann, F. [0000-0002-2721-3618]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/66265
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer-Verlag
dc.publisher.placeBerlin
dc.relation.ispartofseriesLecture Notes in Computer Science ; 6238
dc.rights© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15844-5_21
dc.titleFixed parameter evolutionary algorithms and maximum leaf spanning trees: a matter of mutation
dc.typeConference paper
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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