%0 Journal Article %A Ali Nourollah and Mohsen Movahedinejad %D 2015 %J International Journal of Computer and Information Engineering %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 97, 2015 %T A Genetic Based Algorithm to Generate Random Simple Polygons Using a New Polygon Merge Algorithm %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10000366 %V 97 %X In this paper a new algorithm to generate random simple polygons from a given set of points in a two dimensional plane is designed. The proposed algorithm uses a genetic algorithm to generate polygons with few vertices. A new merge algorithm is presented which converts any two polygons into a simple polygon. This algorithm at first changes two polygons into a polygonal chain and then the polygonal chain is converted into a simple polygon. The process of converting a polygonal chain into a simple polygon is based on the removal of intersecting edges. The experiments results show that the proposed algorithm has the ability to generate a great number of different simple polygons and has better performance in comparison to celebrated algorithms such as space partitioning and steady growth. %P 230 - 236