TY - GEN
T1 - Batch tournament selection for genetic programming
AU - De Melo, Vinícius V.
AU - Vargas, Danilo Vasconcellos
AU - Banzhaf, Wolfgang
PY - 2019/7/13
Y1 - 2019/7/13
N2 - Lexicase selection achieves very good solution quality by introducing ordered test cases. However, the computational complexity of lexicase selection can prohibit its use in many applications. In this paper, we introduce Batch Tournament Selection (BTS), a hybrid of tournament and lexicase selection which is approximately one order of magnitude faster than lexicase selection while achieving a competitive quality of solutions. Tests on a number of regression datasets show that BTS compares well with lexicase selection in terms of mean absolute error while having a speed-up of up to 25 times. Surprisingly, BTS and lexicase selection have almost no difference in both diversity and performance. This reveals that batches and ordered test cases are completely different mechanisms which share the same general principle fostering the specialization of individuals. This work introduces an efficient algorithm that sheds light onto the main principles behind the success of lexicase, potentially opening up a new range of possibilities for algorithms to come.
AB - Lexicase selection achieves very good solution quality by introducing ordered test cases. However, the computational complexity of lexicase selection can prohibit its use in many applications. In this paper, we introduce Batch Tournament Selection (BTS), a hybrid of tournament and lexicase selection which is approximately one order of magnitude faster than lexicase selection while achieving a competitive quality of solutions. Tests on a number of regression datasets show that BTS compares well with lexicase selection in terms of mean absolute error while having a speed-up of up to 25 times. Surprisingly, BTS and lexicase selection have almost no difference in both diversity and performance. This reveals that batches and ordered test cases are completely different mechanisms which share the same general principle fostering the specialization of individuals. This work introduces an efficient algorithm that sheds light onto the main principles behind the success of lexicase, potentially opening up a new range of possibilities for algorithms to come.
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U2 - 10.1145/3321707.3321793
DO - 10.1145/3321707.3321793
M3 - Conference contribution
T3 - GECCO 2019 - Proceedings of the 2019 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference
SP - 994
EP - 1002
BT - GECCO 2019 - Proceedings of the 2019 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
T2 - 2019 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, GECCO 2019
Y2 - 13 July 2019 through 17 July 2019
ER -