Modelling niches of arbitrary shape in genetic algorithms using niche linkage in the dynamic niche clustering framework

摘要

We present here some additions to a fuzzy variable radius niche technique called Dynamic Niche Clustering (DNC) 13, 4 & 51 that enable the identification and creation of niches of arbitrary shape through a mechanism called Niche Linkage. We show that by using this mechanism it is possible to attain better feature extraction from the underlying population.