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Evolving Heterogeneous And Subcultured Social Networks For Optimization Problem Solving In Cultural Algorithms, Yousof Gawasmeh

Wayne State University Dissertations

Cultural Algorithms are computational models of social evolution based upon principle of Cultural Evolution. A Cultural Algorithm are composed of a Belief Space consisting of a network of active and passive knowledge sources and a Population Space of agents. The agents are connected via a social fabric over which information used in agent problem solving is passed. The knowledge sources in the Belief Space compete with each other in order to influence the decision making of agents in the Population Space. Likewise, the problem solving experiences of agents in the Population Space are sent back to the Belief Space and …