Genetic Algorithm with Fuzzy Genotype Values and Its Application to Neuroevolution

The author proposes an extension of genetic algorithm (GA) for solving fuzzy-valued optimization problems. In the proposed GA, values in the genotypes are not real numbers but fuzzy numbers. Evolutionary processes in GA are extended so that GA can handle genotype instances with fuzzy numbers. The proposed method is applied to evolving neural networks with fuzzy weights and biases. Experimental results showed that fuzzy neural networks evolved by the fuzzy GA could model hidden target fuzzy functions well despite the fact that no training data was explicitly provided.

• Hidehiko Okada

• Evolutionary algorithm
• genetic algorithm
• fuzzy number
• neural network
• neuroevolution.

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