A framework for managing approximate models in generation-based evolution control
is proposed. This framework is well suited for parallel evolutionary optimization
that is able to guarantee the correct convergence of the evolutionary algorithm
and to reduce the computation costs as much as possible. Control of the evolution
and updating of the approximate models are based on the estimated fidelity of the
approximate model. The frequency at which the original function is called and the
approximate model is updated is determined by the local fidelity of the approximate
model. By local fidelity the fidelity of the model for the region where the current
population is located is designated. The lower the model fidelity is, the more
frequently the original function should be called and the approximate models should
be updated.