Estimation of a simple genetic algorithm applied to a laboratory experiment

Alfarano, Simone and Eva, Camacho and Josep, Domènech (2010): Estimation of a simple genetic algorithm applied to a laboratory experiment.

Abstract

The aim of our contribution relies on studying the possibility of implementing a genetic algorithm in order to reproduce some characteristics of a simple laboratory experiment with human subjects. The novelty of our paper regards the estimation of the key-parameters of the algorithm, and the analysis of the characteristics of the estimator.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Estimation, genetic algoritms, experimenst
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C1 - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General > C13 - Estimation: General; C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C6 - Mathematical Methods ; Programming Models ; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling > C63 - Computational Techniques ; Simulation Modeling

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