The Gambler's Ruin Problem, Genetic Algorithms, and the Sizing of Populations

George Harik, Erick Cantú-Paz, David E. Goldberg, Brad L. Miller

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DOI: 10.1162/evco.1999.7.3.231
Published: 1999-09
Container: Evolutionary Computation
Publisher: MIT Press - Journals
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@article{allodium:10.1162/evco.1999.7.3.231,
  title = {The Gambler's Ruin Problem, Genetic Algorithms, and the Sizing of Populations},
  author = {George Harik and Erick Cantú-Paz and David E. Goldberg and Brad L. Miller},
  year = {1999},
  journal = {Evolutionary Computation},
  doi = {10.1162/evco.1999.7.3.231},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1162/evco.1999.7.3.231}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - The Gambler's Ruin Problem, Genetic Algorithms, and the Sizing of Populations
AU  - George Harik
AU  - Erick Cantú-Paz
AU  - David E. Goldberg
AU  - Brad L. Miller
PY  - 1999
JO  - Evolutionary Computation
DO  - 10.1162/evco.1999.7.3.231
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Harik, G., Cantú-Paz, E., Goldberg, D. E., & Miller, B. L. (1999). The Gambler's Ruin Problem, Genetic Algorithms, and the Sizing of Populations. Evolutionary Computation. https://doi.org/10.1162/evco.1999.7.3.231

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