Index

Active Scheduling ... 130
Adaptation ... 189, 354
Adaptive Control ... 534
Additive Genetic Variance ... 98
Adaptive Logic Network (ALN) ... 302
Adult Phenotype ... 472
Applications ... 556
Arbitrary Fitness Functions ... 58
Artificial Life (AL) ... 334, 354
Associative Memories ... 26
Attractors ... 26
Automata ... 229
Autonomous Agents ... 524

Baldwin Effect ... 6
Boltzmann Selection ... 428
Boolean Function ... 302
Breeder Genetic Algorithm ... 199

C-schema ... 108
Celloids ... 365
Cellular Automata ... 344, 354
Chaos ... 26
Classification Problem ... 312
Classifier Systems (CSs) ... 260, 270, 280
Clustered Schema ... 108
Co-evolution ... 46, 249
Collective Learning ... 576
Combinatorial Optimization ... 408
Competition ... 199
Competition-based Learning ... 376
Complexity (Theory) ... 280
Complexity of Learning ... 280
Computational Mechanics ... 344
Computer Aided Design (CAD) ... 546
Computer Architecture ... 534
Constrained Optimization ... 322, 556
Constraint Satisfaction ... 46
Continuous Automata Networks ... 26
Convergence Models ... 119
Convergence Precision ... 159
Convergence Reliability ... 159
Convergence Velocity ... 159
Convergence, Premature ... 16
Correlation Measures ... 68
Covariance ... 98
Covering Operation ... 239
Crossover ... 149
Crossover, Adaptive ... 229
Crossover, Analysis of ... 617
Crossover, Biased ... 209
Crossover, Derivative ... 219
Crossover, Diagonal ... 78
Crossover, Generalized Order ... 16
Crossover, MPX ... 68
Crossover, Single-point ... 170
Crossover, Triadic ... 170
Crossover, Uniform ... 88, 170
Cybernetic Systems ... 26

D-optimal Designs ... 608
Decision-making under Uncertainty ... 598
Design Optimization ... 598
Difference-preserving Codes ... 149
Differential Geometry Approach ... 58
Differentiation ... 365
Diffusion Model ... 628
Diploidy ... 36
Directed Mutation ... 556
Discrete Mutation Distribution ... 139
Discrete Optimization ... 472
Distributed Algorithms ... 408
Distributed Genetic Algorithms ... 514

EC Difficulty ... 149
Edge Recombination ... 68, 180
Efficient Parallel Learning ... 280
Emergent Computation ... 344
Enact ... 354
Epistatic Problems ... 46
Evolution Strategies (ESs) ... 58, 159, 189, 418, 492
Evolution Strategies, Two-stage ... 492
Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs) ... 556, 588, 608
Evolutionary Structuring ... 472
Evolvable Hardware ... 524
Exaptation ... 354
Experimental Evaluation ... 408
Expression Pattern Coding ... 334

Field Programmable Gate Array ... 524
Filtering Genetic Algorithm ... 239
Filtering Operation ... 239
Fitness Landscape ... 68, 149
Fitness Landscape, Analysis of ... 617
Function Learning ... 219
Function Optimization ... 239, 249
Fuzzy Classifier Systems ... 260
Fuzzy Logic ... 260

GA-hard Problems ... 239
Game Playing, Application to ... 219
Gate Sizing ... 546
Gene Expression ... 365
Gene Scanning ... 78
Genetic Algorithms (GAs) ... 26, 46, 108, 209, 249, 270, 292, 344, 386, 418, 452, 524, 546, 556, 576, 598
Genetic Algorithms, Difficulty ... 149
Genetic Algorithms, Distributed ... 514
Genetic Algorithms, Parallel ... 16
Genetic Algorithms, Standard ... 504
Genetic Diversity ... 170
Genetic Drift ... 88
Genetic L-system Programming ... 334
Genetic Network, Artificial ... 365
Genetic Operators ... 219
Genetic Pattern Operators ... 334
Genetic Programming (GP) ... 292, 302, 312, 322, 334, 397, 462
Genetic Variance, Additive ... 98
Genocop ... 566
Genotype-phenotype Mapping ... 322
Global Behaviour ... 514
Global Optimization ... 598, 608
Gradient Search ... 386
Graph Generation Grammar ... 472
Graph-bipartition Problems ... 617

Heritability ... 98
Hierarchical Representation ... 462
Hill Climbing ... 149, 302, 397
Hybrid Evolutionary Algorithm ... 418
Hybrid Genetic Algorithms ... 6, 566
Hybrid Learning Methods ... 386
Hybrid Methods ... 428
Hyperplane Synthesis ... 108

Image Processing ... 386
Individual Development ... 472
Individual Step Size ... 189
Inductive Biases ... 576
Integer Programming ... 139
Intractable ... 149
Intron ... 292
Island Model ... 628

Job Shop Scheduling ... 16, 130

Lamarckian Evolution ... 6
Learnability ... 280
Learning Curves ... 219
Learning Theory ... 280
Learning and Generalization ... 462
Learning, Collective ... 576
Learning, Competition-based ... 376
Learning, Complexity of ... 280
Learning, Inductive ... 209
Learning, Local vs. Global ... 58
Learning, PAC- ... 280
Learning, Supervised ... 312
Life-time Fitness Evaluation ... 46
Lindenmayer Systems (L-systems) ... 334
Linkage Disequilibrium ... 119
Local Mating ... 16
Local Rules ... 514
Local Search ... 6, 149
Local vs. Global Learning ... 58
Long Paths ... 149

Markov Chain Analysis ... 88
Maximum Entropy Distribution ... 139
Mazes ... 482
Meiosis ... 36
Meta-evolution ... 418
Mixed-integer Optimization ... 418
Monte Carlo Simulation ... 598
Multi-chip Module ... 588
Multi-objective Optimization ... 462
Multiple Sampling ... 159
Multipopulation Strategy ... 492
Multiprocessor Systems ... 504
Multiresolution Search ... 199
Mutation ... 149, 170, 492
Mutation, Directed ... 556
Mutation, Neutral ... 322
Mutative Step Size Control ... 189

N-person Games ... 514
NERV-computer ... 504
NP-completeness ... 280
Nash Point ... 514
Neighbourhood Relation ... 492
Neural Control ... 452
Neural Networks (NNs) ... 270, 386, 440, 452, 462, 472
Neural Networks, Design ... 492
Neural Networks, Sigma-pi ... 462
Neutrality Theory of Evolution ... 322
Noisy Functions ... 159
Non-convex Search Space ... 566
Non-stationary Problem ... 36
Nonaptation ... 354
Normal Distribution Modelling ... 119

Occam's Razor ... 462
Optimal Population Size ... 130
Optimization ... 6, 566
Optimization, Combinatorial ... 408
Optimization, Constrained ... 322
Optimization, Design ... 598
Optimization, Discrete ... 472
Optimization, Global ... 598, 608
Optimization, Mixed-integer ... 418
Optimization, Multi-objective ... 462
Optimization, Numerical ... 78
Optimization, Topology ... 440
Ordering Sequences ... 219

PAC-Learning ... 280
Parallel Computation ... 344
Parallel Learning, Efficient ... 280
Parallel Processing ... 504
Parallel Rewrite Systems ... 334
Parallel Simulated Annealing ... 428
Parallel Virtual Machine ... 534
Parallelism ... 628
Parasitism ... 354
Partial Evaluation ... 556
Particle Interactions ... 344
Particle-based Computation ... 344
Path Planning ... 452
Penalty Functions ... 598
Perceptron, Multilayer ... 440
Perturbed Functions ... 159
Phenotype, Adult ... 472
Phenotype, Pre-formed ... 472
Physical Layout Design ... 588
Plasticity-stability Dilemma ... 376
Population Diversity ... 36
Population Dynamics ... 16
Population Size ... 159
Population Size, Optimal ... 130
Population Structure ... 628
Predator-prey Systems ... 46
Prediction ... 376
Preference Predicate ... 219
Premature Convergence ... 16
Program Induction ... 292
Programmable Logic Device (PLD) ... 524
Progress Rate Formula ... 58

Q-learning ... 270
Quality Gain Theory ... 58

Railways ... 566
Rastrigin's Function ... 159
Recombination ... 149, 219
Recombination, Multi-parent ... 78
Regression ... 98
Regression Problems ... 322
Regulation ... 365
Reinforcement Learning ... 576
Relativity Experiments ... 598
Reliability ... 598
Reproductive Plan ... 628
Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) ... 322
Routing ... 588
Routing Problem ... 534
Royal Road Problem ... 209
Rule-based Learning ... 270
Rule Discovery ... 302

Scaling ... 189
Scheduling ... 556
Scheduling, Active ... 130
Schema Analysis ... 108
Schema Extraction ... 239
Schema Preprocessing ... 108
Schema, Clustered ... 108
Search Efficiency ... 149
Search Time ... 149
Selection Schemes ... 119, 170
Selectionist-neutralist Controversy 88
Self-organization ... 376
Self-adaptation ... 189
Simulated Annealing (SA) ... 397, 408, 598
Simulated Annealing, Parallel ... 428
Social Behaviour Pattern ... 16
Spacecraft Design ... 598
Spacing Pattern ... 365
Spatially-extended Systems ... 344
Speech Processing ... 386
Spin-lattice ... 170
Standard Cell Design ... 546
Statistical Model ... 130
Step Size ... 189
Strategy Adaptation ... 199
Strong Causality ... 492
Structure Evolution ... 492
Structuring Goal ... 492
Subsumption Architecture ... 524
Success Probability ... 58
Supervised Learning ... 312
Survival Probability ... 108

Theory of -ES ... 58
Timetable ... 556, 566
Topology Optimization ... 440
Traffic Control ... 534
Training Subset ... 312
Travelling Salesman Problem (TSP) ... 36, 68, 180
Tree Representation ... 462
Triadic Crossover ... 170

Uncertainty, Decision-making under ... 598

VLSI ... 546
Variance, Additive Genetic ... 98


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