Guided genetic algorithm: a new template concept

Guided genetic algorithm and dynamic distributed double guided genetic algorithm are based on nature laws and by the Neo-Darwinism theory. These evolutionary approaches were very successful addressing Maximal Constraint Satisfaction Problems (Max-CSPs). Our work is inspired by a little mistake when dealing with in these two algorithms guidance. In fact these approaches are guided by the min-conflict heuristic and the template concept. The used template is distorted. So, we introduce a new template concept in order to allow a better guidance. We suggest considering the percentages of violated constraints in place of their number. This concept is, then, applied to guide the genetic algorithms. In this paper, we compare the latter guided genetic algorithm with our new template guided genetic algorithm. The experimentations show that our new template guidance improves the optimization process to find best solutions in better time. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.