evolutionary computation

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

Computer-based problem solving systems that use computational models of evolutionary processes as the key elements in design and implementation.

A number of evolutionary computational models have been proposed, including evolutionary algorithms, genetic algorithms, the evolution strategy, evolutionary programming, and artificial life.

{The Hitchhiker's Guide to Evolutionary Computation

(http://cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/bngusenet/comp/ai/genetic/top.html)}.

Bibliography (http://liinwww.ira.uka.de/bibliography/Ai/EC-ref.html).

Usenet newsgroup: news:comp.ai.genetic.

(1995-03-02)