This paper sheds some light on the debate concerning evolutionary search using Prüfer numbers, and explains some of the controversial results. Previous work has shown that Prüfer numbers have low locality. Furthermore, it has been shown elsewhere that the locality of the Prüfer number depends...

The most important element in the design of a decoder-based evolutionary algorithmis its genotypic representation. The genotype-decoder pair must exhibit efficiency, locality, and heritability to enable effective evolutionary search.[...]

When handling tree networks, researchers have sometimes tried using the pruefernumber representation for encoding networks, but GAs often degraded or broke down when used on this encoding. This paper investigates the locality of the pruefernumber and its effect on the performance of a Genetic...

When handling tree networks, a number of researchers have tried using the pruefernumberrepresentation for encoding the network, but GAs often degraded or broke down when used onthis encoding. This paper investigates the locality of the pruefernumber, which can be describedas the relatedness of...