Proceedings Of The First International Conference On Genetic Algorithms And Their Applications

Computer solutions to many difficult problems in science and engineering require the use of automatic search methods that consider a large number of possible solutions to the given problems. This book describes recent advances in the theory and practice of one such search method, called Genetic Algorithms. Genetic algorithms are evolutionary search techniques based on principles derived from natural population genetics, and are currently being applied to a variety of difficult problems in science, engineering, and artificial intelligence.

Computer solutions to many difficult problems in science and engineering require the use of automatic search methods that consider a large number of possible solutions to the given problems. This book describes recent advances in the theory and practice of one such search method, called Genetic Algorithms. Genetic algorithms are evolutionary search techniques based on principles derived from natural population genetics, and are currently being applied to a variety of difficult problems in science, engineering, and artificial intelligence.

First Published in 1987. This is the collected proceedings of the second International Conference on Genetic Algorithms held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA on the 28th to the 31st July 1987. With papers on Genetic search theory, Adaptive search operators, representation issues, connectionism and parallelism, credit assignment ad learning, and applications.

First Published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.