[iop, oxford university press, 1997] the handbook of evolutionary computation

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1、ForewordTheHandbookofEvolutionaryComputationrepresentsamajormilestoneforthefieldofevolutionarycomputation(EC).Asisthecasewithanynewfield,thereareanumberofdistinctstagesofgrowthandmaturation.Thefieldbeganinthelate1950sandearly1960sastheavailabilityofdigitalcomputingpermitted

2、scientistsandengineerstobuildandexperimentwithvariousmodelsofevolutionaryprocesses.ThisearlyworkproducedanumberofimportantECparadigms,includingevolutionaryprogramming(EP),evolutionstrategies(ESs),andgeneticalgorithms(GAs),whichservedasthebasisformuchoftheworkdoneinthe197

3、0s,aperiodofintenseexplorationandrefinementoftheseideas.Theresultwasavarietyofrobustalgorithmswithsignificantpotentialforaddressingdifficultscientificandengineeringproblems.Bythelate1980sandearly1990sthelevelofactivityhadgrowntothepointthateachofthesubgroupsassociatedwiththe

4、primaryECparadigms(GAs,ESs,andEP)wasinvolvedinplanningandholdingitsownregularlyscheduledconferences.However,withinthefieldtherewasagrowingsenseoftheneedformoreinteractionandcohesionamongthevarioussubgroups.Ifthefieldasawholeweretomature,itneededaname,itneededtohaveanarticu

5、latedcohesivestructure,anditneededareservoirforarchivalliterature.The1990sreflectthismaturationwiththechoiceofevolutionarycomputationasthenameofthefield,theestablishmentoftwojournalsforthefield,andthecommitmenttoproducethishandbookasthefirstclearandcohesivedescriptionofthefie

6、ld.Withthepublicationofthishandbookthereisnowasenseofunityandmaturitytothefield.Thehandbookrepresentsamomentousaccomplishmentforwhichweowetheeditorsandthemanycontributorsagreatdealofthanks.Moreimportantly,itisdesignedtobeanevolvingdescriptionofthefieldandwillcontinuetoserv

7、easafoundationalreferenceforthefuture.KennethDeJong,GeorgeMasonUniversityLawrenceFogel,NaturalSelectionInc.Hans-PaulSchwefel,UniversityofDortmundc1997IOPPublishingLtdandOxfordUniversityPressHandbookofEvolutionaryComputationrelease97/1viiWhyEvolutionaryComputation?A1.1Int

8、roductionDavidBFogelAbstractArationaleforsimulatingevolutionisofferedinthissection.Effortsinevolutionar