Genetic programming : an introduction on the automatic evolution of computer programs and its applications / Wolfgang Banzhaf ... [et al.]. - San Francisco, Calif. : Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, c1998. - xix, 470 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-443) and indexes.

Foreword by John R. Koza. - Preface. - Acknowledgments. I. Prerequisites of Genetic Programming. 1. Genetic Programming as Machine Learning. 2. Genetic Programming and Biology. 3. Computer Science and Mathematical Basics. 4. Genetic Programming as Evolutionary Computation.. - II. Genetic Programming Fundamentals. 5. Basic Concepts - Fundamentals. 6. Crossover - The Center of the Storm. 7. Genetic Programming and Emergent Order. 8. Analysis - Improving Genetic Programming with Statistics. - III. Advanced Topics in Genetic Programming. 9. Different Varieties of Genetic Programming. 10. Advanced Genetic Programming. 11. Implementation - Making Genetic Programming Work. 12. Applications of Genetic Programming. 13. Summary and Perspectives. - A. Printed and Recorded Resources. - B. Information Available on the Internet. - C. GP Software. - D. Events. - Bibliography. - Person Index. - Subject Index.

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