Distance between Populations

Mark Wineberg¹ and Franz Oppacher²

¹Computing and Information Science
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
wineberg@cis.uoguelph.ca

²School of Computer Science
Carleton University
Ottawa, Canada
oppacher@scs.carleton.ca

Abstract. Gene space, as it is currently formulated, cannot provide a solid basis for investigating the behavior of the GA. We instead propose an approach that takes population effects into account. Starting from a discussion of diversity, we develop a distance measure between populations and thereby a population metric space. We finally argue that one specific parameterization of this measure is particularly appropriate for use with GAs.

LNCS 2724, p. 1481 ff.

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