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Record W2107854615 · doi:10.1109/wescan.1997.627163

Design of a parallel genetic algorithm for the Internet

2002· article· en· W2107854615 on OpenAlexaff
Divya Lissia Joseph, Witold Kinsner

Bibliographic record

Venuenot available
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldComputer Science
TopicEvolutionary Algorithms and Applications
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Manitoba
Fundersnot available
KeywordsComputer scienceUnixGenetic algorithmAsynchronous communicationParallel computingParallel algorithmIdeal (ethics)PopulationThe InternetFault toleranceDistributed computingAlgorithmComputer networkOperating system

Abstract

This paper proposes a parallel implementation of the genetic algorithm (GA) on the Internet which will improve the algorithm's performance. It is motivated by the possibility of aiding research into complex search and optimization problems that use the GA. Requirements and constraints regarding parallelization of the GA are identified. A parallel GA is developed for an ideal PRAM architecture and is shown to have an asymptotic running time of O(log n), an improvement over the sequential GA. A parallel GA is also designed for a Unix network and has an asymptotic running time comparable to the ideal system. The algorithm is a decentralized, asynchronous, and fault-tolerant design that matches the characteristics of the network. The GA population is divided into colonies that are distributed among processors. Trade policies are executed for the exchange of genes.

Stored with the screening record, where it is evidence for the labels above.

How this classification was reachedexpand

The three-model screen

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All three models called this out of scope.

stratum: aff_core · design weight: 5595.24 (the sample is stratified; any rate computed without the weight is wrong)
Claude Opus 4.8OUT
genre: empirical
about Canada: no
confidence: high

Design of a parallel genetic algorithm; a computational tool for optimization, not a study of research practice.

GPT-5.6 (high)OUT
genre: conceptual
about Canada: no
confidence: high

It develops a computational algorithm for optimization rather than studying research methods or practice.

Grok 4.5OUT
genre: empirical
about Canada: no
confidence: high

Computer science algorithm design for parallel genetic algorithms, not metaresearch on how research is done.

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.001
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Simulation or modeling · Consensus signal: Simulation or modeling
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.003
Threshold uncertainty score0.000

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.001
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.000
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0010.001
Scholarly communication0.0010.001
Open science0.0010.000
Research integrity0.0010.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0020.001

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.040
GPT teacher head0.244
Teacher spread0.205 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designSimulation or modeling
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Published2002
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