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WHY EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION?Introduction to evolutionary computation Possible applications of evolutionary computation Advantages (and disadvantages) of evolutionary computation over other approachesEVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION: THE BACKGROUNDPrinciples of evolutionary processesPrinciples of geneticsA history of evolutionary computationEVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS AND THEIR STANDARD INSTANCESIntroduction to evolutionary algorithmsGenetic algorithmsEvolution strategiesEvolutionary programmingDerivative methods in genetic programmingLearning classifier systemsHybrid methods REPRESENTATIONSIntroduction to representationsBinary stringsReal-valued vectorsPermutationsFinite-state representationsParse treesGuidelines for a suitable encodingOther representations SELECTIONIntroduction to selectionProportionary selection and sampling algorithmsTournament selectionRank-based selectionBoltzmann selectionOther selection methodsGeneration gap methodsA comparison of selection mechanismsInteractive evolution SEARCH OPERATORSIntroduction to search operatorsMutation operatorsRecombinationOther operatorsINDEX