- Title
- Exploring tradeoffs in pleiotrophy and redundancy using evolutionary computing
- Creator
- Berryman, Matthew J.; Khoo, Wei-Li; Nguyen, Hiep; O'Neill, Erin; Allison, Andrew G.; Abbott, Derek
- Relation
- BioMEMS, and Nanotechnology: SPIE Conference 2003. BioMEMS and Nanotechnology: Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 5275 (Perth, W.A. 10-12 December, 2003) p. 49-58
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.548001
- Publisher
- SPIE: International Society for Optical Engineering
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2004
- Description
- Evolutionary computation algorithms are increasingly being used to solve optimization problems as they have many advantages over traditional optimization algorithms. In this paper we use evolutionary computation to study the trade-off between pleiotropy and redundancy in a client-server based network. Pleiotropy is a termused to describe components that perform multiple tasks, while redundancy refers to multiple components performing one same task. Pleiotropy reduces cost but lacks robustness, while redundancy increases network reliability but is more costly, as together, pleiotropy and redundancy build flexibility and robustness into systems. Therefore it is desirable to have a network that contains a balance between pleiotropy and redundancy. We explore how factors such as link failure probability, repair rates, and the size of the network influence the design choices that we explore using genetic algorithms.
- Subject
- evolutionary computation algorithms; optimization problems; pleiotrophy; redundancy; genetic algorithms
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/32796
- Identifier
- uon:3089
- Identifier
- ISSN:0277-786X
- Language
- eng
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