Simplified drift analysis for proving lower bounds in evolutionary computation

DOI10.1007/s00453-010-9387-zzbMath1211.68521OpenAlexW2005317641WikidataQ57200627 ScholiaQ57200627MaRDI QIDQ633834

Pietro S. Oliveto, Carsten Witt

Publication date: 30 March 2011

Published in: Algorithmica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2003/26154

zbMATH Keywords

computational complexityevolutionary algorithmsdrift analysisruntime analysisrandomized search heuristics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Analysis of algorithms (68W40) Approximation methods and heuristics in mathematical programming (90C59) Applications of Markov chains and discrete-time Markov processes on general state spaces (social mobility, learning theory, industrial processes, etc.) (60J20) Problem solving in the context of artificial intelligence (heuristics, search strategies, etc.) (68T20) Randomized algorithms (68W20)

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