SpeedyGA is a vectorized implementation of a genetic algorithm in the Matlab programming language. Without bells and whistles, it faithfully implements the specification for a Simple GA given on pgs 10, 11 of M. Mitchell's GA book. See comments in code for details.
This script has played a crucial part in the development of a new, unified explanation for the adaptive capacity of genetic algorithms (including ones with uniform crossover) called the Generative Fixation Hypothesis. See http://cs.brandeis.edu/~kekib/dissertation.html
Matlab is optimized for performing operations on arrays. Loops, especially nested loops, tend to run slowly in Matlab. It is possible to significantly improve the performance of Matlab programs by converting loops into array operations. This process is called vectorization. Matlab provides a rich set of functions and many expressive indexing schemes that make it possible to vectorize code. Such code not only runs faster, it is also shorter, and simpler to understand and change (provided that you know a little about Matlab of course).
Genetic Algorithms that are implemented in C/C++ or Java typically have multiple nested loops. Therefore direct ports of such implementations to Matlab will run very slowly. Many of the nested loops found in a typical GA implementation have been eliminated from SpeedyGA. The resulting code is short, fast and simple. It is indeed a delightful coincidence when the constructs of a programming language match a programming task so well that a program can be written this succinctly.
SpeedyGA is proof that Matlab is a useful language for the rapid prototyping of Genetic Algorithms. This, in addition to Matlab's extensive data visualization capabilities, make Matlab an extremely useful platform for the experimental analysis of GAs.
SpeedyGA has been created and tested under Matlab 7 (R14). Out of the box it evolves a population against the one-max fitness function. The royal-roads fitness function has also been included but is not currently being called. If you find SpeedyGA useful or find any bugs please let me know.
Enjoy!
p.s. For an experimental genetic algorithm which might significantly improve the quality of the solutions returned check out TurboGA (http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/24053 )
Keki Burjorjee (2021). SpeedyGA: A Fast Simple Genetic Algorithm (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/15164-speedyga-a-fast-simple-genetic-algorithm), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .
Inspired by: TurboGA: A Simple Genetic Algorithm With a Powerful Performance Enhancing Tweak
Inspired: BehaviourGenerationGA, TurboGA: A Simple Genetic Algorithm With a Powerful Performance Enhancing Tweak
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Hello
how can i use TurboGA to improve a neural network?
can someone help?
thank you
Can anyone let me know how to use the SpeedyGA
And what if we wanna use custom fitness function?
Good evening everyone, I need an example of programming an algorithm but without using the optimization toolbox, can someone help me
HELLO
i how to use this code for minimizing a function which is in simulation model?
thank u
Could be usefull, but how to implement your own fitness function...
Hi,
Could you please let us know how it can be used for a custom fitness function?
Thanks.
Hi all,
I would like to try this speedyGA algorithm, but I am not sure how to use it. For example, I tried comment
SpeedyGA(@myfun, nvars), it didn't work. Any advice is greatly appreciated!
Thanks.
Please tell me how to use this. I am new to Matlab.
I want to minimize fitness function like
function y = fitness_f(x)
y= x^2-x+1;
Hey, nice code.
I got an error for small populations and small genomes, and solved it by changing line 132 from "fitnessVals=ones(popSize,1);" to "fitnessVals=ones(1,popSize);". Please let me know if that change is valid or Im braking something in the code!
very helpful work, thanks
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Very nice work!!
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Good work, but can be improved more,
awesome!!!!!!!!!
very helpful. Thanks!