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Computing single source shortest paths using single-objective fitness functions

  • Surender Baswana
  • , Somenath Biswas
  • , Benjamin Doerr
  • , Tobias Friedrich
  • , Piyush P. Kurur
  • , Frank Neumann
  • Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
  • Max-Planck-Institut fur Informatik
  • International Computer Science Institute

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Abstract

Runtime analysis of evolutionary algorithms has become an important part in the theoretical analysis of randomized search heuristics. The first combinatorial problem where rigorous runtime results have been achieved is the well-known single source shortest path (SSSP) problem. Scharnow, Tin-nefeld and Wegener [PPSN 2002, J. Math. Model. Alg. 2004] proposed a multi-objective approach which solves the problem in expected polynomial time. They also suggest a related single-objective fitness function. However, it was left open whether this does solve the problem efficiently, and, in a broader context, whether multi-objective fitness functions for problems like the SSSP yield more efficient evolutionary algorithms. In this paper, we show that the single objective approach yields an efficient (1+1) EA with runtime bounds very close to those of the multi-objective approach.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 10th ACM SIGEVO Workshop on Foundations of Genetic Algorithms, FOGA'09
Pages59-65
Number of pages7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Sept 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event10th ACM SIGEVO Workshop on Foundations of Genetic Algorithms, FOGA'09 - Orlando, FL, United States
Duration: 9 Jan 200911 Jan 2009

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 10th ACM SIGEVO Workshop on Foundations of Genetic Algorithms, FOGA'09

Conference

Conference10th ACM SIGEVO Workshop on Foundations of Genetic Algorithms, FOGA'09
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando, FL
Period9/01/0911/01/09

Keywords

  • Algorithms
  • Performance
  • Theory

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