Application of Genetic Algorithms in Texture Analysis and Optimization

Abstract The genetic algorithms method (GAM) is a modern computer technique based on some ideas taken from biological evolution theory. The GAM is especially useful in a study of problems being not completely determined. They are, e.g., problems having a few but not very different solutions or problems without a strict (exact) solution. The last situation may occur if it is enough to find a good enough solution but not necessarily the best one. In GAM approach, it is not necessary to know a priori a general scheme of problem solution; however, it is important to have a procedure estimating the quality of a solution. This procedure is necessary to eliminate some solutions and to accept another ones. In the last years, GAM was applied with success in different areas of science (e.g., sociology, construction engineering, artificial intelligence and many others). The present authors have applied GAM in crystallographic texture analysis: the orientation distribution function (ODF) was calculated from a set of ...