
506 ◾ Mobile Ad Hoc Networks: Current Status and Future Trends
population is expected to be gathered in a smaller portion of the search space. at portion of the
search space will be in a higher fitness area.
It is clear that a higher population size can take up a larger area in the search space. us,
more individuals result in a quicker and easier search. Usually, higher population size means
computational cost but for ESMP it means a longer duration of inadequate communication. Notice
that several of the initial individuals are placed in low fitness areas of the search space. ose
individuals are translated to ESMP configurations that give ...