Distributed Evolutionary Algorithms Inspired by Membranes in Solving Continuous Optimization Problems

In this paper we present an analysis of the similarities between distributed evolutionary algorithms and membrane systems. The correspondences between evolutionary operators and evolution rules and between communication topologies and policies in distributed evolutionary algorithms and membrane structures and communication rules in membrane systems are identified. As a result of this analysis we propose new strategies of applying the operators in evolutionary algorithms and new variants of distributed evolutionary algorithms. The behavior of these variants is numerically tested for some continuous optimization problems.