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Fitness landscapes contd.

  • x/y axes: kinship, i.e. the more genetic resemblance the closer together

  • z axis: fitness

  • Every “snowflake” one individual, search focuses on “promising” regions (due to differential reproduction)

  • N.B.: Non-white flakes reflect results of other local search techniques


Animation adapted from Andy Keane, Uni. of Southampton

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