New journal article publication from CERIDES research team

March 14, 2017
Christos Dimopoulos

We are pleased to announce the publication of the new CERIDES article entitled “The concept of ageing in evolutionary algorithms: Discussion and inspirations for human ageing” in the Elsevier journal ‘Mechanisms of Ageing and Development” (IF 2.892).

Abstract:

This paper discusses the concept of ageing as this applies to the operation of Evolutionary Algorithms, and examines its relationship to the concept of ageing as this is understood for human beings. Evolutionary Algorithms constitute a family of search algorithms which base their operation on an analogy from the evolution of species in nature. The paper initially provides the necessary knowledge on the operation of Evolutionary Algorithms, focusing on the use of ageing strategies during the implementation of the evolutionary process. Background knowledge on the concept of ageing, as this is defined scientifically for biological systems, is subsequently presented. Based on this information, the paper provides a comparison between the two ageing concepts, and discusses the philosophical inspirations which can be drawn for human ageing based on the operation of Evolutionary Algorithms.