A new co-mutation genetic operator

摘要

A new co-mutation operator called LR-M_(ijn), capable of operating on a set of adjacent bits in one single step is introduced. Its properties are examined and compared against those of the M_(ijn) operator intoduced in [3]. A simple Evolutionary Algorithm is described which is based only on selection and LR-M_(ijn). This algorithm is used for the optimization of some well-known benchmark functions and its performance is compared against that offered by algorithms using the M_(ijn) operator. The obtained results prove the effectiveness of the new LR-M_(ijn) operator.