Encyclopedia of Machine Learning

2010 Edition
| Editors: Claude Sammut, Geoffrey I. Webb

Evolutionary Algorithms

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30164-8_270
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Synonyms

 Evolutionary computation;  Evolutionary computing;  Genetic and evolutionary algorithms

Definition

Generic term subsuming all machine learning and optimization methods inspired by neo-Darwinian evolution theory.

Cross References

 Coevolutionary Learning

 Compositional Coevolution

 Evolutionary Clustering

 Evolutionary Computation in Economics

 Evolutionary Computation in Finance

 Evolutionary Computational Techniques in Marketing

 Evolutionary Feature Selection and Construction

 Evolutionary Fuzzy Systems

 Evolutionary Games

 Evolutionary Kernel Learning

 Evolutionary Robotics

 Neuroevolution

 Nonstandard Criteria in Evolutionary Learning

 Test-Based Coevolution

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