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README.md

What is a "Genetic Algorithm"?

Traditional GA (Search)
Interactive Selection
Evolutionary "Ecosystem" Simulation

Terminology

Darwinian Evolution: Heredity, Variation, Selection
population
genotype vs. phenotype
fitness function
crossover
mutation

History

While computer simulations of evolutionary processes date back to the 1950s, much of what we think of as genetic algorithms (also known as “GAs”) today was developed by John Holland, a professor at the University of Michigan, whose book Adaptation in Natural and Artificial Systems pioneered GA research.
GA History on Wikipedia

Related Reading

Nature of Code Chapter 9
Computational Beauty of Nature Chapter 20
Galanter, Philip. "The Problem with Evolutionary Art Is…" Paper presented at EvoCOMNET’10: The 7th European Event on the Application of Nature-inspired Techniques for Telecommunication Networks and other Parallel and Distributed Systems, April 7-9, 2010.
Sims, Karl. "Artificial Evolution for Computer Graphics." Paper presented at SIGGRAPH '91: The 18th Annual Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, Las Vegas, NV, July 28-August 2, 1991.
Sims, Karl. "Evolving Virtual Creatures." Paper presented at SIGGRAPH '94: The 21st Annual Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, Orlando, FL, July 24-29, 1994.
Wasps, Viruses and New Modes of Evolution
2 People in 1
The Sports Gene

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Code examples

Web Editor Examples

Project References

Homework

Assignment 5