Multi expression programming

Multi Expression Programming (MEP) is a genetic programming variant employing a linear representation of solutions. MEP representation is inspired by Three-address code. MEP introduces a unique feature: the ability to encode multiple solutions, of a problem, in the same chromosome. In this way one can explore larger zones of the search space. For most of the problems this advantage comes with no running-time penalty compared with genetic programming variants encoding a single solution in a chromosome.[1][2][3]

Example of MEP program

Here is a simple MEP program:

1: a
2: b
3: + 1, 2
4: c
5: d
6: + 4, 5
7: * 3, 5

On each line we can have a terminal or a function. In the case of functions we also need pointers to its arguments.

When we decode the chromosome we obtain multiple expressions:

E1 = a,
E2 = b,
E4 = c,
E5 = d,
E3 = a + b.
E6 = c + d.
E7 = (a + b) * d.

Which expression will represent the chromosome? In MEP each expression is evaluated and the best of them will represent the chromosome. For most of the problems, this evaluation has the same complexity as in the case of encoding a single solution in each chromosome.

Software

MEPX

MEPX is a cross platform (Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux Ubuntu) free software for automatic generation of computer programs. It can be used for data analysis, particularly for solving regression and classification problems.

libmep

Libmep is a free and open source library implementing Multi Expression Programming technique. It is written in C++.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Oltean M.; Dumitrescu D.: "Multi Expression Programming", Technical report, Univ. Babes-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca, 2002
  2. ↑ Oltean M.; Grosan C.: "Evolving Evolutionary Algorithms using Multi Expression Programming", The 7th European Conference on Artificial Life, September 14–17, 2003, Dortmund, Edited by W. Banzhaf (et al), LNAI 2801, pp. 651-658, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2003
  3. ↑ Oltean M.; Grosan C.: "Evolving Digital Circuits using Multi Expression Programming", NASA/DoD Conference on Evolvable Hardware, 24–26 June, Seattle, Edited by R. Zebulum (et. al), pages 87-90, IEEE Press, NJ, 2004

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