ABSTRACT

Abstract .....................................................................................................302 11.1 Introduction ....................................................................................302 11.2 GA Parallel Design .........................................................................303 11.2.1 Fitness Assignment ...........................................................305 11.2.2 Selection ...........................................................................306 11.2.3 Crossover ..........................................................................307 11.2.4 Mutation ...........................................................................309 11.3 The Environment of the Study .......................................................309 11.4 Experiments and Results ................................................................310 11.4.1 Sequential Workload ........................................................311 11.4.2 Parallel Workload .............................................................313 11.4.3 Using a Two-Dimensional Index Space ...........................317 11.5 Conclusion .....................................................................................318