International Journal of applied mathematics and computer science

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Number 3 - September 1996
Volume 6 - 1996

Evolutionary computation: Main paradigms and current directions

Zbigniew Michalewicz, Maciej Michalewicz

Abstract
Evolutionary computation techniques, which are based on a powerful principle of evolution: survival of the fittest, constitute an interesting category of heuristic search. Evolutionary computation techniques are stochastic algorithms whose search methods model some natural phenomena: genetic inheritance and Darwinian strife for survival. This paper discusses the main paradigms of evolutionary computation techniques (genetic algorithms, evolution strategies, evolutionary programming, genetic programming) as well as other methods, which are hard to classify. Also, we discuss the major current trends in this field.

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