Handbook of Memetic Algorithms

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Neri, Ferrante (Editor), Cotta, Carlos (Editor), Moscato, Pablo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Series: Studies in Computational Intelligence, 379
• Subjects: Engineering.; Artificial intelligence.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).

Memetic Algorithms (MAs) are computational intelligence structures combining multiple and various operators in order to address optimization problems.  The combination and interaction amongst operators evolves and promotes the diffusion of the most successful units and generates an algorithmic behav...

Table of Contents:

• Part I Foundations
• Part II Methodology
• Part III Applications
• Part IV Epilogue.