Revisiting the One-Max problem, yet again

As a reminder, in Chapter 13, Accelerating Genetic Algorithms, we employed a version of the OneMax problem as a benchmark. The goal of this program is to find the binary string of a specified length that maximizes the sum of its digits. For our purposes, we used a reduced problem length of 10 digits, along with smaller figures for the population size and the number of generations. Additionally, we introduced a busy_wait() function into the original fitness evaluation function. This function kept the CPU busy for three seconds during each evaluation, significantly increasing the program’s execution time. This setup allowed us to experiment with various multiprocessing schemes and to compare their respective running durations.

For our experiments with the client-server model, we will continue to use this same program, albeit with modifications tailored to our current requirements. This approach will allow us to directly compare the...