Designing optimal updating rule for differential evolution using genetic programming

The rapid increase of computer power enabled us to solve many real world problems using optimization algorithms. However, the recent novel metaheuristic algorithms do not stand on concrete ground like traditional algorithms did. Therefore, there should be many rooms to improve those algorithms, and one of the way is to alter the formula of an algorithm. In this study, we define algorithm designing as an optimization problem, and use genetic programming to find new mutation schemes for differential evolution. In addition, we evaluate the generated mutation schemes using several benchmarks to verify that the proposed methods and the generated algorithms are effective ones.