title: Local reinforcement and recombination in classifier systems.
abstract: We investigate classifier systems' reward schemes by way of an example that highlights the interaction of local reward schemes and recombination. We contrast averaging schemes and maximizing schemes. Our example illustrates a sense in which certain recombination operators mesh more gracefully with averaging schemes than with maximizing schemes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science, Birkbeck College, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, UK. tom@dcs.bbk.ac.uk
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Westerdale
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D005075:Biological Evolution; D002965:Classification; D008390:Markov Chains; D008957:Models, Genetic; D011336:Probability; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D012201:Reward