A PARAMETERIZED GENETIC ALGORITHM IP CORE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION

K. M. Deliparaschos, G. C. Doyamis, S. G. Tzafestas

2007

Abstract

Genetic Algorithm (GA) is a directed random search technique working on a population of solutions and based on natural selection. However, its convergence to the optimum may be very slow for complex optimization problems, especially when the GA is software implemented, making it difficult to be used in real time applications. In this paper a parameterized GA Intellectual Property (IP) core is designed and implemented on hardware, achieving impressive time–speedups when compared to its software version. The parameterization stands for the number of population individuals and their bit resolution, the bit resolution of each individual’s fitness, the number of elite genes in each generation, the crossover and mutation methods, the maximum number of generations, the mutation probability and its bit resolution. The proposed architecture is implemented in a Field Programmable Gate Array Chip (FPGA) with the use of a Very-High-Speed Integrated Circuits Hardware Description Language (VHDL) and advanced synthesis and place and route tools. The GA discussed in this work achieves a frequency rate of 92 MHz and is evaluated using the Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) as well as several benchmarking functions.

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M. Deliparaschos K., C. Doyamis G. and G. Tzafestas S. (2007). A PARAMETERIZED GENETIC ALGORITHM IP CORE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION . In Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 1: ICINCO, ISBN 978-972-8865-82-5, pages 417-423. DOI: 10.5220/0001616004170423


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@conference{icinco07,
author={K. M. Deliparaschos and G. C. Doyamis and S. G. Tzafestas},
title={A PARAMETERIZED GENETIC ALGORITHM IP CORE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 1: ICINCO,},
year={2007},
pages={417-423},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001616004170423},
isbn={978-972-8865-82-5},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 1: ICINCO,
TI - A PARAMETERIZED GENETIC ALGORITHM IP CORE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION
SN - 978-972-8865-82-5
AU - M. Deliparaschos K.
AU - C. Doyamis G.
AU - G. Tzafestas S.
PY - 2007
SP - 417
EP - 423
DO - 10.5220/0001616004170423