Evolutionary computation, from computer science, is a family of algorithms for global optimization inspired by biological evolution, and a subfield of computational intelligence and soft computing that studies these algorithms. In technical terms, evolutionary computation algorithms are a family of population-based trial-and-error problem solvers with a metaheuristic or stochastic optimization character. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Origin YearThe field's four branches (evolution strategies, evolutionary programming, genetic algorithms from the 1950s-60s; genetic programming from the early 1990s) developed independently; the unifying term evolutionary computing was coined only in 1991. Core ConcernFamily of algorithms for global optimization inspired by biological evolution 1 Connections
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Evolutionary programming, a founding strand of evolutionary computation, was considered an artificial intelligence endeavor from its 1962 origin.
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Evolutionary computation (EC) from computer science is a family of algorithms for global optimization inspired by biological evolution, and a subfield of computational intelligence and soft computing studying these algorithms.
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By the 1990s, the distinctions between the historic branches had begun to blur, and the term 'evolutionary computing' was coined in 1991 to denote a field that exists over all four paradigms.
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John R. Koza is a computer scientist and a former adjunct professor at Stanford University, most notable for his work in pioneering the use of genetic programming for the optimization of complex problems.
Human-Based Computation (Wikipedia)
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research has its origins in the early work on interactive evolutionary computation (EC).
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