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Evolutionary programming: an introduction and some current directions

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Evolutionary programming was originally proposed in 1962 as an alternative method for generating machine intelligence. This paper reviews some of the early development of the method and focuses on three current avenues of research: pattern discovery, system identification and automatic control. Recent efforts along these lines are described. In addition, the application of evolutionary algorithms to autonomous system design on parallel processing computers is briefly discussed.

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Fogel, D.B. Evolutionary programming: an introduction and some current directions. Stat Comput 4, 113–129 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00175356

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