Real-world Applications Of Evolutionary Computing Evoworkshops 2000 Evoiasp E

The Increasingly Active Eld Of Evolutionary Computation (ec) Provides Val- Ble Tools, Inspired By The Theory Of Natural Selection And Genetic Inheritance, To Problem Solving, Machine Learning, And Optimization In Many Real-world App- Cations. Despite Some Early Intuitions About Ec, That Can Be Dated Back To The - Vention Of Computers, And A Better Formal De Nition Of Ec, Made In The 1960s, The Quest For Real-world Applications Of Ec Only Began In The Late 1980s. The Dramatic Increase In Computer Performances In The Last Decade Of The 20th C- Tury Gave Rise To A Positive Feedback Process: Ec Techniques Became More And More Applicable, Stimulating The Growth Of Interest In Their Study, And Allowing, In Turn, Powerful Ec Paradigms To Be Devised.