Genetic Algorithm Essentials

by Oliver Kramer

Overview

This book introduces readers to genetic algorithms (GAs) with an emphasis on making the concepts, algorithms, and applications discussed as easy to understand as possible. Further, it avoids a great deal of formalisms and thus opens the subject to a broader audience in comparison to manuscripts overloaded by notations and equations.

The book is divided into three parts, the first of which provides an introduction to GAs, starting with basic concepts like evolutionary operators and continuing with an overview of strategies for tuning and controlling parameters. In turn, the second part focuses on solution space variants like multimodal, constrained, and multi-objective solution spaces. Lastly, the third part briefly introduces theoretical tools for GAs, the intersections and hybridizations with machine learning, and highlights selected promising applications.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783319848341
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	07/13/2018
Series:	Studies in Computational Intelligence , #679
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Pages:	92
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Part I: Foundations.- Introduction.- Genetic Algorithms.- Parameters.- Part II: Solution Spaces.- Multimodality.- Constraints.- Multiple Objectives.- Part III: Advanced Concepts.- Theory.- Machine Learning.- Applications.- Part IV: Ending.- Summary and Outlook.- Index.- References.