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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2005
Yaochu Jin, Rodgau, DE;
Bernhard Sendhoff, Bruchköbel, DE;
Tatsuya Okabe, Asaki, JP;
Markus Olhofer, Seligenstadt, DE;
Yaochu Jin, Rodgau, DE;
Bernhard Sendhoff, Bruchköbel, DE;
Tatsuya Okabe, Asaki, JP;
Markus Olhofer, Seligenstadt, DE;
Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH, Offenbach/Main, DE;
Abstract
The underlying invention generally relates to the field of Estimation of Distribution Algorithm, especially to optimization problems, including single-objective optimization and Multi-Objective Optimization. The proposed method for optimization comprises six steps. In a first step it provides an initial population or a data set with a plurality of members respectively represented by parameter sets. Then one or a plurality of fitness functions are applied to evaluate the quality of the members of the population. In a third step offspring of the population is generated by means of a stochastic model using information from all members of the population. One or a plurality of fitness functions are applied to evaluate the quality of the offspring with respect to the underlying problem of the optimization. In a fifth step offspring is selected. Lastly the method goes back to the third step until the quality reaches a threshold value.