Evolutionary Computation 1

Basic Algorithms and Operators
Herausgeber: Baeck, Thomas; Michalewicz, Z.; Fogel, D. B

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Produktbeschreibung

Offers information on algorithms and operators used in evolutionary computing. This book discusses the basic ideas that underlie the main paradigms of evolutionary algorithms, evolution strategies, evolutionary programming, and genetic programming. It is suitable for individual researchers, teachers, and students in the field.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 378
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 580g
• ISBN-13: 9780750306645
• ISBN-10: 0750306645
• Artikelnr.: 21243602

Autorenporträt

Thomas Baeck, D.B Fogel, Z Michalewicz

Inhaltsangabe

PART 1 WHY EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION? 1. Introduction to evolutionary
computation. 2. Possible applications of evolutationary computation. 3.
Advantages (and disadvantages) of evolutionary computation over other
approaches. PART 2. EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION: THE BACKGROUND. 4. Principles
of evolutionary processes. 5. Principles of genetics. 6. A history of
evolutionary computation. PART 3 EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS AND THEIR STANDARD
INSTANCES. 7. Introduction to evolutionary algorithms. 8. Genetic
algorithms. 9. Evolution strategies. 10. Evolutionary programming. 11.
Derivative methods in genetic programming. 12. Learning classifier systems.
13. Hybrid methods. PART 4. REPRESENTATIONS. 14. Introduction to
representations. 15. Binary strings. 16. Real-valued vectors. 17.
Permutations. 18. Finite-state representations. 19. Parse trees. 20.
Guidelines for a suitable encoding. 21. Other representations. PART 5.
SELECTION. 22. Introduction to selection. 23. Proportionary selection and
sampling algorithms. 24. Tournament selection. 25. Rank-based selection.
26. Boltzmann selection. 27. Other selection methods. 28. Generation gap
methods. 29. A comparison of selection mechanisms. 30. Interactive
evolution. PART 6. SEARCH OPERATORS. 31. Introduction to search operators.
32. Mutation operators. 33. Recombination. 34. Other operators. Index.