Niching Methods

Niching Methods is a class of evolutionary optimization techniques that preserve multiple stable subpopulations (niches) by modifying selection, reproduction, or fitness assignment so that search resources are distributed across distinct regions of the fitness landscape instead of converging to a single dominant solution.

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Niching Techniques

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Evolutionary Design

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Adaptive NichingClustering-based NichingDynamic NichingFitness Landscape MultimodalityFitness Sharing ParameterizationKernel Density NichingMulti-niche Genetic AlgorithmsMultiobjective NichingNiching PressurePopulation Diversity Maintenance

Publications

206

Niching methods for genetic algorithms

Samir W. Mahfoud · 1996 · 902 citations

Architecture, Evolutionary Biology, Evolutionary Theory +16

A clearing procedure as a niching method for genetic algorithms

Alain Pétrowski · 1996 · 623 citations

Architecture, Computer Science, Algorithms +14

Fitness sharing and niching methods revisited

Bruno Sareni, Laurent Krähenbühl · IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation · 1998 · 575 citations · Full text

Architecture, Mathematics, Evolutionary Theory +16

Particle Swarm Optimization: A Survey of Historical and Recent Developments with Hybridization Perspectives

Saptarshi Sengupta, Sanchita Basak, Richard Alan Peters · Machine Learning and Knowledge Extraction · 2018 · 507 citations · Full text

Computing, Computer Science, Algorithms +15

Niching Without Niching Parameters: Particle Swarm Optimization Using a Ring Topology

Xiaodong Li · IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation · 2009 · 455 citations · Full text

Computing, Computer Science, Algorithms +12

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Jun Zhang
Sun Yat-sen University, China
16 publications · 1.5K citations
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Kalyanmoy Deb
Michigan State University, United States
10 publications · 929 citations
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David E. Goldberg
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States
8 publications · 653 citations
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Yue‐Jiao Gong
South China University of Technology, China
8 publications · 360 citations
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Xiaodong Li
RMIT University, Australia
8 publications · 1.4K citations
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IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation
18 publications · 4K citations
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IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
10 publications · 1.1K citations
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IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
10 publications · 397 citations
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Information Sciences
8 publications · 772 citations
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Swarm and Evolutionary Computation
8 publications · 259 citations
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