%0 Journal Article %1 Whitley2001EvolutionaryAlgorithms %A Whitley, Darrell %D 2001 %J Information and Software Technology %K %N 14 %P 817--831 %R doi:10.1016/S0950-5849(01)00188-4 %T An overview of evolutionary algorithms: practical issues and common pitfalls %V 43 %X An overview of evolutionary algorithms is presented covering genetic algorithms, evolution strategies, genetic programming and evolutionary programming. The schema theorem is reviewed and critiqued. Gray codes, bit representations and real-valued representations are discussed for parameter optimization problems. Parallel Island models are also reviewed, and the evaluation of evolutionary algorithms is discussed.

@article{Whitley2001EvolutionaryAlgorithms, abstract = {An overview of evolutionary algorithms is presented covering genetic algorithms, evolution strategies, genetic programming and evolutionary programming. The schema theorem is reviewed and critiqued. Gray codes, bit representations and real-valued representations are discussed for parameter optimization problems. Parallel Island models are also reviewed, and the evaluation of evolutionary algorithms is discussed.}, added-at = {2011-12-12T19:00:41.000+0100}, author = {Whitley, Darrell}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2262f3b19e29bbe886c326a5b0d5e63bf/gergie}, doi = {doi:10.1016/S0950-5849(01)00188-4}, file = {:Whitley2001EvolutionaryAlgorithms.pdf:PDF}, groups = {public}, interhash = {6bdaaa169d69eae443cd92f459be8f31}, intrahash = {262f3b19e29bbe886c326a5b0d5e63bf}, journal = {Information and Software Technology}, keywords = {}, month = {December}, number = 14, pages = {817--831}, review = {Describes - historical development of GAs, ESs, EP, GP - parallelisability}, timestamp = {2011-12-12T19:00:41.000+0100}, title = {{An overview of evolutionary algorithms: practical issues and common pitfalls}}, username = {gergie}, volume = 43, year = 2001 }