EvolutionaryAlgorithmsinEngineeringandComputerScience

EvolutionaryAlgorithmsinEngineeringandComputerScienceEditedbyK.Miettinen,UniversityofJyvaskyla,FinlandM.M.Makela,UniversityofJyvaskyla,FinlandP.Neittaanmaki,UniversityofJyvaskyla,FinlandJ.Periaux,DassaultAviation,FranceWhatisEvolutionaryComputing?BasedonthegeneticmessageencodedinDNA,anddigitalizedalgorithmsinspiredbytheDarwinianframeworkofevolutionbynaturalselection,EvolutionaryComputingisoneofthemostimportantinformationtechnologiesofourtimes.Evolutionaryalgorithmsencompassalladaptiveandcomputationalmodelsofnaturalevolutionarysystems-geneticalgorithms,evolutionstrategies,evolutionaryprogrammingandgeneticprogramming.Inaddition,theyworkwellinthesearchforglobalsolutionstooptimizationproblems,allowingtheproductionofoptimizationsoftwarethatisrobustandeasytoimplement.Furthermore,thesealgorithmscaneasilybehybridizedwithtraditionaloptimizationtechniques.Thisbookpresentsstate-of-the-artlecturesdeliveredbyinternationalacademicandindustrialexpertsinthefieldofevolutionarycomputing.Itbridgesartificialintelligenceandscientificcomputingwithaparticularemphasisonreal-lifeproblemsencounteredinapplication-orientedsectors,suchasaerospace,electronics,telecommunications,energyandeconomics.Thisrapidlygrowingfield,withitsdeepunderstandingandassesssmentofcomplexproblemsincurrentpractice,providesaneffective,modernengineeringtool.Thisbookwillthereforebeofsignificantinterestandvaluetoallpostgraduates,researchscientistsandpractitionersfacingcomplexoptimizationproblems.