文档介绍：Introduction to ic Algorithms
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Introduction to ic
Algorithms
With 193 Figures and 13 Tables
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Professor and Head Scholar Dept. puter Science
Dept. puter Science and Engineering and Engineering
PSG College of Technology PSG College of Technology
Coimbatore - 641 004 Coimbatore - 641 004
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Preface
The origin of evolutionary algorithms was an attempt to mimic some of the processes
taking place in natural evolution. Although the details of biological evolution are
pletely understood (even nowadays), there exist some points supported by
strong experimental evidence:
• Evolution is a process operating over chromosomes rather than anisms.
The former anic tools en