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In this book we discussed different strategies, called Evolution Programs, which might be applied to hard optimization problems and which were based on the principle of evolution. Evolution programs borrow heavily from genetic algorithms However, they incorporate problem-specific knowledge by using “natural” data structures and problem-sensitive “genetic” operators. The basic difference between GAs and EPs is that the former are classified as weak, problem-independent methods, which is not the case for the latter.
A wise man does not trust all his eggs to one basket.
Cervantes, Don Quixote
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Michalewicz, Z. (1996). A Hierarchy of Evolution Programs. In: Genetic Algorithms + Data Structures = Evolution Programs. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03315-9_15
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