concept rank selection in category AI

This is an excerpt from Manning's book Grokking Artificial Intelligence Algorithms. Login to get full access to this book.

Figure 5.3 Example of rank selection

Figure 5.4 compares roulette-wheel selection and rank selection. It is clear that rank selection gives better-performing solutions a better chance of selection.

Figure 5.4 Roulette-wheel selection vs. rank selection