Connectionists: Book announcement - De Jong

[David Weininger]

Hi all:

I thought readers of Connectionists might be interested in this book. 
For more information, please visit 
http://mitpress.mit.edu/promotions/books/SP20060262041944
Thanks!

Best,
David


Evolutionary Computation
A Unified Approach
Kenneth A. De Jong

Evolutionary computation, the use of evolutionary systems as 
computational processes for solving complex problems, is a tool used 
by computer scientists and engineers who want to harness the power of 
evolution to build useful new artifacts, by biologists interested in 
developing and testing better models of natural evolutionary systems, 
and by artificial life scientists for designing and implementing new 
artificial evolutionary worlds. In this clear and comprehensive 
introduction to the field, Kenneth De Jong presents an integrated 
view of the state of the art in evolutionary computation. Although 
other books have described such particular areas of the field as 
genetic algorithms, genetic programming, evolution strategies, and 
evolutionary programming, Evolutionary Computation is noteworthy for 
considering these systems as specific instances of a more general 
class of evolutionary algorithms. This useful overview of a 
fragmented field is suitable for classroom use or as a reference for 
computer scientists and engineers.

Kenneth A. De Jong is Professor of Computer Science, Head of the 
Evolutionary Computation Laboratory, and Associate Director of the 
Krasnow Institute at George Mason University. He is the founding 
editor of the journal Evolutionary Computation (MIT Press).

7 x 9, 250 pp., XX illus., cloth ISBN 0-262-04194-4,

A Bradford Book


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