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In this chapter we discuss problems to be solved, as encountered frequently by engineers, computer scientists, etc. We argue that problems and problem solvers can, and should, be distinguished, and observe that the field of evolutionary computing is primarily concerned with problem solvers. However, to characterise any problem solver it is useful to identify the kind of problems to which it can be applied. Therefore we start this book by discussing various classes of problems, and, in fact, even different ways of classifying problems.
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Eiben, A.E., Smith, J.E. (2015). Problems to Be Solved. In: Introduction to Evolutionary Computing. Natural Computing Series. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44874-8_1
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