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Evolutionary algorithms in theory and practice

Thomas Bäck
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In this work, the author compares the three most prominent representatives of evolutionary algorithms: genetic algorithms, evolution strategies, and evolutionary programming within a unified framework, thereby clarifying the similarities and differences of these methods.
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The article was published on 1996-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 2679 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Evolutionary music & Evolutionary programming.

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Iterated Local Search

TL;DR: The purpose of this review is to give a detailed description of this metaheuristic and to show where it stands in terms of performance.
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An empirical comparison of combinations of evolutionary algorithms and neural networks for classification problems

TL;DR: An empirical evaluation of eight combinations of EAs and NNs on 15 public-domain and artificial data sets is presented to identify the methods that consistently produce accurate classifiers that generalize well.
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Fuzzy Cognitive Maps Learning Using Particle Swarm Optimization

TL;DR: A new learning algorithm for Fuzzy Cognitive Maps, which is based on the application of a swarm intelligence algorithm, namely Particle Swarm Optimization, is introduced, which overcomes some deficiencies of other learning algorithms and improves the efficiency and robustness of FuzzY Cognitive Maps.
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Fuzzy logic in geology

TL;DR: This book discusses Fuzzy Logic in Geological Sciences, Hydrology and Water Resources, and its applications to Reef Growth Problem and Stratigraphic Modeling.