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Evolutionary algorithms comprise a class of optimization techniques that imitate principles of biological evolution.
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The full title “The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life” is usually shortened to merely “The Origin of Species.”
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Kruse, R., Borgelt, C., Braune, C., Mostaghim, S., Steinbrecher, M. (2016). Introduction to Evolutionary Algorithms. In: Computational Intelligence. Texts in Computer Science. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-7296-3_11
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