FitzGerald, Amy and O'Donoghue, Diarmuid (2009) Investigating the Influence of Population and Generation Size on GeneRepair Templates. In: CIICT 2009 : proceedings of the China-Ireland information and communications technologies conference. Dept. of Computer Science, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland, pp. 252-255. ISBN 9780901519672

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Abstract

In 2005 Lolle et al published controversial findings showing that the Arabidopsis thaliana plant repairs invalid genetic information using the grandparent as a kind of repair template. We have previously shown how a genetic repair operator (GeneRepair) can be used to correct invalid individuals in an evolutionary strategy. It has been shown that superior results are produced when the individual’s grandparent is used as the repair template in comparison to using the individual’s parent. This paper investigates whether the results produced by GeneRepair templates are affected by parameters of population size and number of generations. The results indicate that the grandparent template outperforms the parent template regardless of population or generation size. These findings further supports the controversial theory of Lolle et al.

Item Type:	Book Section
Additional Information:	The research of Amy FitzGerald carried out as part of her PhD is funded by IRCSET. The authors acknowledge the CS Dept of NUIM for access to the CREIG cluster to run the above.
Keywords:	component GeneRepair; evolutionary strategy; nonmendelian inheritance; population size; generation size; Arabidopsis thaliana;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Computer Science
Item ID:	2549
Depositing User:	CS Editor
Date Deposited:	01 Jun 2011 15:44
Publisher:	Dept. of Computer Science, National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Refereed:	Yes
Funders:	IRCSET
URI:	http://elm.eeng.dcu.ie/ciict/2009/procee...
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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