In this paper we present a new evolutionary algorithm designed to effciently search for optimal Golomb rulers. The proposed approach uses a redundant random keys representation to codify the information contained in a chromosome and relies on a simple interpretation algorithm to obtain feasible solutions. Experimental results show that this method is successful in quickly identifying good solutions and that can be considered as a realistic alternative to massive parallel approaches that need several months or years to discover high quality Golomb rulers.
Subject
Evolutionary Optimization
Conference
Workshop on Artificial Life and Evolutionary Algorithms (ALEAâ??03), December 2003
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