Accession Number:

ADA463557

Title:

From Theory to Air Force Practice: Applications and Non-Binary Extensions of Probabilistic Model-Building Genetic Algorithms

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 1 Jan 2003-31 Dec 2005

Corporate Author:

ILLINOIS UNIV AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN DEPT OF INDUSTRIAL AND ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

Personal Author(s):

• Goldberg, David E.

Report Date:

2006-05-31

Pagination or Media Count:

16.0

Abstract:

These goals have been substantially accomplished. Moreover, new findings led to important discoveries that were unanticipated at the beginning of the project. The report starts with a retrospective examination of project accomplishment. 1 Develop, implement, and enhance probabilistic model-building GAs for non-binary codes. 2 Extend existing facet wise models to non-binary codes. 3 Extend bounding test functions to non-binary code. 4 Extend the proposed non-binary algorithms to hierarchically difficult problems. 5 Apply the developed algorithms to two problems of Air Force interest.

Descriptors:

• *ALGORITHMS
• *MODELS
• *THEORY
• *PATTERN RECOGNITION
• TEST AND EVALUATION
• CODING
• HIERARCHIES
• COLLABORATIVE TECHNIQUES

Subject Categories:

• Numerical Mathematics
• Cybernetics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE