Summary, Extensions, and Conclusions

The design of efficient and accurate parallel GAs is a complex problem. One must decide on a configuration among the many choices of topologies, migration rates, deme counts and sizes. Each parameter affects the quality of the search and the efficiency of the algorithm in non-linear ways, which makes the choices difficult. The ultimate goal is to determine the configuration that reaches a solution of the required quality as fast as possible. This book made some contributions towards this goal, and are summarized in this section.