• DOI:10.1023/A:1014548204452
Corpus ID: 18828216

Some Considerations on the Reason for Bloat

@article{Banzhaf2004SomeCO,
  title={Some Considerations on the Reason for Bloat},
  author={W. Banzhaf and W. Langdon},
  journal={Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines},
  year={2004},
  volume={3},
  pages={81-91}
}

W. Banzhaf, W. Langdon

Published 2004

Computer Science

Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines

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A representation-less model for genetic programming is presented. The model is intended to examine the mechanisms that lead to bloat in genetic programming (GP). We discuss two hypotheses (“fitness causes bloat” and “neutral code is protective”) and perform simulations to examine the predictions deduced from these hypotheses. Our observation is that predictions from both hypotheses are realized in the simulated model.