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Evolutionary computation: advanced algorithms and operators

By D.B Fogel , Z Michalewicz , Thomas Baeck

Book information

Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Year
2000
ISBN
0750306653, 9780750306652, 9780585303635
Open Library ID
OL22391707M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
3 MB (3359119 bytes)
Series
Evolutionary Computation
Volume
Volume 2
Edition
1
Pages
304\304
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
400
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

Volume I provided the general theory of evolutionary computation. This second volume on the other hand aims at introducing the reader to more practical aspects of evolutionary computation. While i found the first volume great, this second volume lacked the details that are required to provide an intuition of the working of advanced evolutionary techniques. I feel that "How to solve it" by Michalewicz and Fogel and "Genetic algorithms + data structures = evolution programs" by Michalewicz both provide this experience useful to implement evolutionary techniques, by not trying to trade-off pages for understandability. I would not recommend this book because it tries to introduce advanced aspects that are too difficult to cover in a single chapter each. If you really want to understand the practice of evolutionary techniques, you need a good intuition of how the various operators and structures work on real problems, just reading a few pages will not do the job.

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