Questions tagged [island-models]

For questions related to "island models" in the context of evolutionary algorithms/computation. Section 5.2 (p. 103) of the book "Essentials of Metaheuristics" (2nd edition) by Sean Luke describes this concept.

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Is it possible to separately evolve a part of the population?

In a classic example of a genetic algorithm, you would have a population and a certain amount of simulation time to evaluate it and breeding. Then proceed to the next generation. Is it possible, during the simulation process, to have an isolated and…