With the appearance of massively parallel computers, increased attention has been paid to algorithms which rely upon analogies to natural processes. This development defines the scope of the PPSN conference at Dortmund in 1990 whose proceedings are presented in this volume. The subjects treated include: - Darwinian methods such as evolution strategies and genetic algorithms; - Boltzmann methods such as simulated annealing; - Classifier systems and neural networks; - Transfer of natural metaphors to artificial problem solving. The main objectives of the conference were: - To gather theoretical results about and experimental comparisons between these algorithms, - To discuss various implementations on different parallel computer architectures, - To summarize the state of the art in the field, which was previously scattered widely both among disciplines and geographically.

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Book Title: Parallel Problem Solving from Nature
Book Subtitle: 1st Workshop, PPSN I Dortmund, FRG, October 1-3, 1990. Proceedings
Editors: Hans-Paul Schwefel, Reinhard Männer
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0029723
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1991
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-54148-6Published: 12 June 1991
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-70652-6Published: 01 December 2005
Series ISSN: 0302-9743
Series E-ISSN: 1611-3349
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 489
Topics: Applications of Mathematics, Computer System Implementation, Theory of Computation, Computation by Abstract Devices, Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity, Processor Architectures

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