Effectiveness of evolutionary GA search (mutations only) with ( μ , λ ) selection, μ / λ = 0.4, 4 domains, 6+4 defined positions out of 26, W = 220 at varying mutation rate and population size as a function of mutation rate and population size.
In inset the area of the robust algorithm work with low sensitivity to mutation rate is presented at three values of population size: P = 100, 600, and 2000. Within this area populations of low size are preferable. The mean number of fitness evaluations are computed over 100 runs per test. Standard deviations are of value comparable to the mean.