On Interactive Evolutionary Algorithms and Stochastic Mealy Automata

摘要

Interactive evolutionary algorithms (IEAs) are special cases of interactive optimization methods. Potential applications range from multicriteria optimization to the support of rapid prototyping in the field of design. In order to provide a theoretical framework to analyze such evolutionary methods, the IEAs are formalized as stochastic Mealy automata. The potential impacts of such a formalization are discussed.