The effects of button arrangement on evaluations in interactive Genetic Algorithms

Abstract

We discussed the effects of button arrangement on evaluations in interactive Genetic Algorithms (iGAs). It was reported that the visual interface effects human's subjective. The visual interface systems of iGAs may affect the solutions as humans evaluate the candidate solutions, evaluation of these candidates may be affected by the interface. In this paper, we conduct the two experiments. One of them is the experiment to verify the association between gazing and evaluation. The experiment showed that visual interface systems effects to the evaluation of human subjective. This means that evaluation value is changed according to visual interface or locations of systems. The other is the experiment to discuss the effect to iGA search. Since visual interface affects evaluation values, derived solution by iGA is different with along to the different visual interface. From these results, visual interface of iGA should be designed carefully to use the positive or negative effect of interface design and location.