TY - GEN
T1 - A new method for simplifying algebraic expressions in genetic programming called equivalent decision simplification
AU - Naoki, Mori
AU - McKay, Bob
AU - Xuan, Nguyen
AU - Daryl, Essam
AU - Takeuchi, Saori
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Symbolic Regression is one of the most important applications of Genetic Programming, but these applications suffer from one of the key issues in Genetic Programming, namely bloat - the uncontrolled growth of ineffective code segments, which do not contribute to the value of the function evolved, but complicate the evolutionary proces, and at minimum greatly increase the cost of evaluation. For a variety of reasons, reliable techniques to remove bloat are highly desirable - to simplify the solutions generated at the end of runs, so that there is some chance of understanding them, to permit systematic study of the evolution of the effective core of the genotype, or even to perform simplification of expressions during the course of a run. This paper introduces an alternative approach, Equivalent Decision Simplification, in which subtrees are evaluated over the set of regression points; if the subtrees evaluate to the same values as known simple subtrees, they are replaced. The effectiveness of the proposed method is confirmed by computer simulation taking simple Symbolic Regression problems as examples.
AB - Symbolic Regression is one of the most important applications of Genetic Programming, but these applications suffer from one of the key issues in Genetic Programming, namely bloat - the uncontrolled growth of ineffective code segments, which do not contribute to the value of the function evolved, but complicate the evolutionary proces, and at minimum greatly increase the cost of evaluation. For a variety of reasons, reliable techniques to remove bloat are highly desirable - to simplify the solutions generated at the end of runs, so that there is some chance of understanding them, to permit systematic study of the evolution of the effective core of the genotype, or even to perform simplification of expressions during the course of a run. This paper introduces an alternative approach, Equivalent Decision Simplification, in which subtrees are evaluated over the set of regression points; if the subtrees evaluate to the same values as known simple subtrees, they are replaced. The effectiveness of the proposed method is confirmed by computer simulation taking simple Symbolic Regression problems as examples.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77952579456&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-02481-8_24
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-02481-8_24
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 3642024807
SN - 9783642024801
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 171
EP - 178
BT - Distributed Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Bioinformatics, Soft Computing, Ambient Assisted Living - 10th Int. Work-Conf. Artificial Neural Networks, IWANN 2009 Workshops, Proceedings
T2 - 10th International Work-Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, IWANN 2009
Y2 - 10 June 2009 through 12 June 2009
ER -