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(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Fig. 4.4. The mutation ellipsoids of the different mutation operators in a two-
dimensional search space: For the purpose of better understanding we assume all mu-
tations fall into the ellipsoids instead of taking the probability density functions into
account. From left to the right: (a) uncorrelated mutation with one step size, (b) uncor-
related mutation with N = 2 step sizes, (c) correlated mutation resulting in rotation,
(d) directed mutation with different skewness and (e) biased mutation making use of
the bias coe cient vector .
step size, but again with a N -dimensional bias coecient vector ξ =( b 1 ,...,b N )
with b i = ξ i ·
σ i . Hence, the mutation z becomes
z := σ (
N 1 ( ξ 1 , 1) ,...,
N N ( ξ N , 1)) .
(4.37)
Mutations of the sBMO lie within a hypersphere. The bias ξ is mutated analog
to the biased mutation of the standard BMO in order to enable self-adaptation,
see equation 4.36.
4.2.3
Cube Biased Mutation Operator (cBMO)
Another variant of the BMO is the use of only one bias value b ,whichspansa
hypercube with the edge length b , but N step sizes. The mutation z becomes
z := ( σ 1 N 1 ( b, 1) ,...,σ N N N ( b, 1)) .
(4.38)
Mutations of the cBMO lie within the hyperellipsoid of the standard mutation,
but the center of this hyperellipsoid is shifted by the vector ( b,...,b ). Again, ξ
is mutated analog to the biased mutation of the standard BMO.
4.2.4
Comparison of Computational Effort of the Randomized
Operators
Let N be the number of strategy variables. Uncorrelated Gaussian mutation
with one step size requires only O (1) operations, uncorrelated Gaussian muta-
tion with N steps sizes O ( N ) respectively. Correlated mutation needs O ( N 2 )
for the rotation of the mutation ellipsoid and is thus computationally expensive.
The directed mutation requires O (2 N ) operations, but the computation of the
asymmetric probability density function is more complex. Also the BMO needs
 
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