TY - JOUR

T1 - Generalized Heavy-tailed Mutation for Evolutionary Algorithms

AU - Eremeev, Antion Valentinovich

AU - Silaev, Dmitriy Vyacheslavovich

AU - Topchii, Valentin Alekseevich

PY - 2024/1/1

Y1 - 2024/1/1

N2 - The heavy-tailed mutation operator, proposed by Doerr, Le, Makhmara, and Nguyen (2017) for evolutionary algorithms, is based on the power-law assumption of mutation rate distribution. Here we generalize the power-law assumption using a regularly varying constraint on the distribution function of mutation rate. In this setting, we generalize the upper bounds on the expected optimization time of the (1 + (λ, λ)) genetic algorithm obtained by Antipov, Buzdalov and Doerr (2022) for the OneMax function class parametrized by the problem dimension n. In particular, it is shown that, on this function class, the sufficient conditions of Antipov, Buzdalov and Doerr (2022) on the heavy-tailed mutation, ensuring the O(n) optimization time in expectation, may be generalized as well. This optimization time is known to be asymptotically faster than what can be achieved by the (1 + (λ, λ)) genetic algorithm with any static mutation rate. A new version of the heavy-tailed mutation operator is proposed, satisfying the generalized conditions, and promising results of computational experiments are presented.

AB - The heavy-tailed mutation operator, proposed by Doerr, Le, Makhmara, and Nguyen (2017) for evolutionary algorithms, is based on the power-law assumption of mutation rate distribution. Here we generalize the power-law assumption using a regularly varying constraint on the distribution function of mutation rate. In this setting, we generalize the upper bounds on the expected optimization time of the (1 + (λ, λ)) genetic algorithm obtained by Antipov, Buzdalov and Doerr (2022) for the OneMax function class parametrized by the problem dimension n. In particular, it is shown that, on this function class, the sufficient conditions of Antipov, Buzdalov and Doerr (2022) on the heavy-tailed mutation, ensuring the O(n) optimization time in expectation, may be generalized as well. This optimization time is known to be asymptotically faster than what can be achieved by the (1 + (λ, λ)) genetic algorithm with any static mutation rate. A new version of the heavy-tailed mutation operator is proposed, satisfying the generalized conditions, and promising results of computational experiments are presented.

KW - Evolutionary algorithms

KW - heavy-tailed mutation

KW - optimization time

KW - regularly varying functions

UR - https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85212327471&origin=inward&txGid=a06f197510301b6e65c7173660012f92

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/459b0829-7087-3620-b47a-7a847a4e3d0a/

U2 - 10.33048/semi.2024.21.062

DO - 10.33048/semi.2024.21.062

M3 - Article

VL - 21

SP - 940

EP - 959

JO - Сибирские электронные математические известия

JF - Сибирские электронные математические известия

SN - 1813-3304

IS - 2

ER -