Evolutionary Algorithms in Theory and Practice

Download or read book Evolutionary Algorithms in Theory and Practice written by Thomas Bäck and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1996 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comparison of evolutionary algorithms. Organic evolution and problem solving. Biological background. Evolutionary algorithms and artificial intelligence. Evolutionary algorithms and global optimization. Early approaches. Specific evolutionary algorithms. Evolution strategies. Evolutionary programming. Genetic algorithms. Artificial landscapes. An empirical comparison. Extending genetic algorithms. Selection. Selection mechanisms. Experimental investigation of selection. Mutation. Simplified genetic algorithms. An experiment in meta-evolution. Summary and outlook. Data for the fletcher-powell function. Data from selection experiments. Software. The multiprocessor environment; mathematical symbols.