Modelling Niches of Arbitrary Shape in Genetic Algorithms using Niche Linkage in the Dynamic Niche Clustering Framework
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We present here some additions to a fuzzy variable radius niche technique called Dynamic Niche Clustering (DNC) [3, 4 & 5] that enable the identification and creation of niches of arbitrary shape through a mechanism called Niche Linkage. We show that by using this mechanism it is possible to attain better feature extraction from the underlying population.
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