Improving the Tartarus problem as a benchmark in genetic programming

Thomas D. Griffiths*, Anikó Ekárt

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

For empirical research on computer algorithms, it is essential to have a set of benchmark problems on which the relative performance of different methods and their applicability can be assessed. In the majority of computational research fields there are established sets of benchmark problems; however, the field of genetic programming lacks a similarly rigorously defined set of benchmarks. There is a strong interest within the genetic programming community to develop a suite of benchmarks. Following recent surveys [7], the desirable characteristics of a benchmark problem are now better defined. In this paper the Tartarus problem is proposed as a tunably difficult benchmark problem for use in Genetic Programming. The justification for this proposal is presented, together with guidance on its usage as a benchmark.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationGenetic programming
Subtitle of host publication20th European Conference, EuroGP 2017, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 19-21, 2017, proceedings
EditorsJames McDermott, Mauro Castelli, Lukas Sekanina, et al
Place of PublicationCham (CH)
PublisherSpringer
Pages278-293
Number of pages16
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-319-55696-3
ISBN (Print)978-3-319-55695-6
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 15 Mar 2017
Event20th European Conference on Genetic Programming, EuroGP 2017 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Duration: 19 Apr 201721 Apr 2017

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
PublisherSpringer
Volume10196
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference20th European Conference on Genetic Programming, EuroGP 2017
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
City Amsterdam
Period19/04/1721/04/17

Keywords

  • benchmark
  • genetic programming
  • tartarus

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