Title
Computing the moments of k-bounded pseudo-Boolean functions over Hamming spheres of arbitrary radius in polynomial time
Abstract
We show that given a k-bounded pseudo-Boolean function f, one can always compute the cth moment of f over regions of arbitrary radius in Hamming space in polynomial time using algebraic information from the adjacency structure (where k and c are constants). This result has implications for evolutionary algorithms and local search algorithms because information about promising regions of the search space can be efficiently retrieved, even if the cardinality of the region is exponential in the problem size. Finally, we use our results to introduce a method of efficiently calculating the expected fitness of mutations for evolutionary algorithms.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1016/j.tcs.2011.02.006
Theor. Comput. Sci.
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Elementary landscapes,cth moment,Fitness landscape analysis,local search algorithm,Hamming sphere,evolutionary algorithm,Local search,Hamming space,arbitrary radius,Pseudo-Boolean functions,algebraic information,search space,k-bounded pseudo-Boolean function,polynomial time,expected fitness,Walsh analysis,adjacency structure
Journal
425,
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
Theoretical Computer Science
15
0.97
References 
Authors
10
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Andrew M. Sutton125621.19
L. Darrell Whitley26631968.30
Adele E. Howe356165.70