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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1997
J Barry Shackleford, Tokyo, JP;
Etsuko Okushi, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuhiro Yasuda, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Iwamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A multi-purpose non-problem-specific hardware-based framework for the execution of a genetic algorithm (GA) accelerates the execution speed of a GA through the implementation of hardware-based non-problem-specific functions of population memory, first and second chromosome registers, crossover module, mutation operator, and survival comparator. The non-problem-specific aspect of the hardware-based framework turns problem-specific without changing the contents of the framework once a problem-specific fitness function circuit is included for evaluating chromosomal data representing a potential problem solution. The hardware-based framework is thus applicable to a variety of problem-specific aspects of the problem-specific fitness function circuit.