METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USE IN REDUCING SOLUTION CONVERGENCE TIME USING GENETIC ALGORITHMS

摘要

A computer system for finding a solution using a genetic algorithm is provided. The computer system includes a display, a user input device, at least one processor, and computer readable media. The at least one processor is programmed to execute a genetic algorithm. The genetic algorithm includes an initialization stage, an evolution stage, and an output stage. The evolution stage includes a domain restraint process. During the domain restraint process, children created during the evolution stage are compared with an environmental influence which represents domain knowledge. Children are influenced using the environmental influence in order to reduce the search domain by avoiding solutions known to be sub-optimal.