Evolutionary Algorithms: The Role of Mutation and Recombination Book

Glossary.- Part I. Setting the Stage: Introduction.- Background.- Part II. Static Theoretical Analyses: A Survival Schema Theory for Recombination.- A Construction Schema Theory for Recombination.- Survival and Construction Schema Theory for Recombination.- A Survival Schema Theory for Mutation.- A Construction Schema Theory for Mutation.- Schema Theory: Mutation versus Recombination.- Other Static Characterizations of Mutation and Recombination.- Part III. Dynamic Theoretical Analyses: Dynamic Analyses of Mutation and Recombination.- A Dynamic Model of Selection and Mutation.- A Dynamic Model of Selection, Recombination and Mutation.- An Aggregation Algorithm for Markov Chains.- Part IV. Empirical Analyses: Empirical Validation.- Part V. Summary: Summary and Discussion.- Appendix: Formal Computations for the Aggregation Algorithm.- Bibliography.