You're reading from Hands-On Genetic Algorithms with Python Apply genetic algorithms to solve real-world AI and machine learning problems

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781805123798

Length 418 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Jupyter

Concepts

Data Science

Author (1):

Eyal Wirsansky

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Table of Contents (24) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: The Basics of Genetic Algorithms

2. Chapter 1: An Introduction to Genetic Algorithms FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Understanding the Key Components of Genetic Algorithms

4. Part 2: Solving Problems with Genetic Algorithms

5. Chapter 3: Using the DEAP Framework

6. Chapter 4: Combinatorial Optimization

7. Chapter 5: Constraint Satisfaction

8. Chapter 6: Optimizing Continuous Functions

9. Part 3: Artificial Intelligence Applications of Genetic Algorithms

10. Chapter 7: Enhancing Machine Learning Models Using Feature Selection

11. Chapter 8: Hyperparameter Tuning of Machine Learning Models

12. Chapter 9: Architecture Optimization of Deep Learning Networks

13. Chapter 10: Reinforcement Learning with Genetic Algorithms

14. Chapter 11: Natural Language Processing

15. Chapter 12: Explainable AI, Causality, and Counterfactuals with Genetic Algorithms

16. Part 4: Enhancing Performance with Concurrency and Cloud Strategies

17. Chapter 13: Accelerating Genetic Algorithms – the Power of Concurrency

18. Chapter 14: Beyond Local Resources – Scaling Genetic Algorithms in the Cloud

19. Part 5: Related Technologies

20. Chapter 15: Evolutionary Image Reconstruction with Genetic Algorithms

21. Chapter 16: Other Evolutionary and Bio-Inspired Computation Techniques

22. Index

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Accelerating Genetic Algorithms – the Power of Concurrency

This chapter delves into the use of concurrency, with a special focus on multiprocessing, as a means to boost the performance of genetic algorithms. We will explore both built-in Python functionalities and an external library to achieve this enhancement.

The chapter starts by highlighting the potential benefits of applying concurrency to genetic algorithms. We then proceed to put this theory into practice by experimenting with various multiprocessing approaches to a CPU-intensive version of the well-known One-Max problem. This enables us to gauge the extent of performance improvements achievable through these techniques.

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to do the following:

Understand why genetic algorithms can be computationally intensive and time-consuming
Recognize why genetic algorithms are well-suited for concurrent execution
Implement a CPU-intensive version of the One-Max problem...