An Evolutionary Graph Transformation System as a Modelling Framework for Evolutionary Algorithms

Abstract

Abstract. In this paper an heuristic method for the solving of complex optimization problems is presented which is inspired equally by genetic algorithms and graph transformation. In short it can be described as a genetic algorithm where the individuals (encoding solutions of the given problem) are always graphs and the operators to create new individuals are provided by graph transformation. As a case study this method is used to solve the independent set problem.