Schema (genetic algorithms)

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A schema (pl.: schemata) is a template in computer science used in the field of genetic algorithms that identifies a subset of strings with similarities at certain string positions. Schemata are a special case of cylinder sets, forming a basis for a product topology on strings.[1] In other words, schemata can be used to generate a topology on a space of strings.

  1. ^ Holland, John Henry (1992). Adaptation in Natural and Artificial Systems (reprint ed.). The MIT Press. ISBN 9780472084609. Retrieved 22 April 2014.