%0 Journal Article %A Kolendo, Piotr %A Smierzchalski, Roman %A Jaworski, Bartosz %T Experimental Research on Evolutionary Path Planning Algorithm with Fitness Function Scaling for Collision Scenarios %J TransNav, the International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation %V 5 %N 4 %P 489-495 %D 2011 %U ./Article_Experimental_Research_on_Evolutionary_Kolendo,20,320.html %X This article presents typical ship collision scenarios, simulated using the evolutionary path planning system and analyses the impact of the fitness function scaling on the quality of the solution. The function scaling decreases the selective pressure, which facilitates leaving the local optimum in the calcula-tion process and further exploration of the solution space. The performed investigations have proved that the use of scaling in the evolutionary path planning method makes it possible to preserve the diversity of solu-tions by a larger number of generations in the exploration phase, what could result in finding better solution at the end. The problem of avoiding collisions well fitted the algorithm in question, as it easily incorporates dy-namic objects (moving ships) into its simulations, however the use scaling with this particular problem has proven to be redundant. %@ 2083-6473