This paper examines the effect of mating restriction on the search ability of EMO algorithms. First we propose a simple but flexible mating restriction scheme where a pair of similar (or dissimilar) individuals is selected as parents. In the proposed scheme, one parent is selected from the current population by the standard binary tournament selection. Candidates for a mate of the selected pare...

We are interested in the role of restricted mating schemes in the context of evolutionary multi-objective algorithms. In this paper, we propose an adaptive assortative mating scheme that uses similarity in the decision space (genotypic assortative mating) and adapts the mating pressure as the search progresses. We show that this mechanism improves the performance of the simple evolutionary algo...

Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) is an important image modality for dental surgery planning, with high resolution images at a relative low radiation dose. In these scans the mandibular canal is hardly visible, this is a problem for implant surgery planning. We use anisotropic diffusion filtering to remove noise and enhance the mandibular canal in CBCT scans. For the diffusion tensor we use ...

In the rotation method to break monogamous mating habits, 24 male and female racing pigeons were used. They didved into three groups, each consisting of 8 feamle put separated in huts A, B, C. At first (second mating) hut a moved B; all B C while took place A. The females rotated sequentially times also. With regard percentage fertilization productivity rate, there no significant differences at...

We have already proposed a similarity-based mating scheme to recombine extreme and similar parents for evolutionary multiobjective optimization. In this paper, we examine the effect of the similarity-based mating scheme on the performance of evolutionary multiobjective optimization (EMO) algorithms. First we examine which is better between recombining similar or dissimilar parents. Next we exam...

An intuitive scheme for controlling the rotational quantum state of a Rydberg molecule is demonstrated experimentally. We determine the accumulated phase difference between the various components of a molecular electron wave packet, and then employ a sequence of phase-locked optical pulses to selectively enhance or depopulate specific rotational states. The angular momentum composition of the r...

This paper proposes a new mating scheme for evolutionary multiobjective optimization (EMO), which simultaneously improves the convergence speed to the Pareto-front and the diversity of solutions. The proposed mating scheme is a two-stage selection mechanism. In the first stage, standard fitness-based selection is iterated for selecting a pre-specified number of candidate solutions from the curr...

Rotational position optimization disk scheduling algorithms utilize seek distance versus rotational distance information implemented as rpo tables (arrays) which are stored in flashmemory within each disk drive. We consider a novel representation scheme for this information reducing the required flashmemory by a factor of more than thirty thereby reducing the manufacturing cost per drive. We pr...