J.E.: Parameter control in evolutionary algorithms. In: Lobo et al

Abstract | The issue of controlling values of various parameters of an evolutionary algorithm is one of the most important and promising areas of research in evo-lutionary computation: It has a potential of adjusting the algorithm to the problem while solving the problem. In this paper we (1) revise the terminology, which is un-clear and confusing, thereby providing a classication of such control mechanisms and (2) survey various forms of control which have been studied by the evolutionary computation community in recent years. Our classi-cation covers the major forms of parameter control in evolutionary computation and suggests some directions for further research. I