History of Genetic Algorithm

Idea of evolutionary computing was introduced in 1960s by I.Rechenberg in his work "Evolution strategies" ("Evolutionsstrategie", in original). His idea was then developed by other researchers. Genetic Algorithms (GA) were invented by John Holland and developed by him and his students and colleagues. This lead to Holland's book "Adaptation in Natural and Artificial Systems"
published in 1975. Holland was not so much interested in optimization, but in adaptation. He investigated the genetic algorithm with decision theory for discrete domains. Holland emphasized the importance of recombination in large populations. Simply said, solution to a problem solved by genetic algorithms is evolved. In 1992 John Koza has used genetic algorithm to evolve programs to perform certain tasks. He called his method "genetic programming"

Artificial Intelligence	Alan Turing, John von Neumann, Norbert Wiener
Evolution strategies	Rechenberg (1965,1973), Schwefel (1975,1977)
Evolutionary programming	Fogel, Owens, and Walsh (1966)
Genetic algorithms	John Holland(1960, 1975)

References:
“Genetic Algorithms”, Burhaneddin SANDIKCI, http://www.ie.bilkent.edu.tr/~lors/ie572/burhaneddin_html/IE572_GA.html
http://www.ie.bilkent.edu.tr/~lors/ie572/burhaneddin.pdf
Genetic Algorithms, “http://www.tjhsst.edu/~ai/AI2001/GA.HTM”
Related Posts:

• ABSTRACT
• INTRODUCTION
• JOB SHOP SCHEDULING
• Search Methods and Optimization Techniques
• Genetic Algorithm
• Mechanism

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