Artificial Intelligence - Genetic Algorithms

a class of algorithms that try and build solutions by introducing evolution and selection of the best in a population of candidate solutions

Methods, based on the theory of natural selection and evolutionary biology, for solving optimisation problems.

methods for genetically modifying ants to do ant colony optimisation

a heuristic search method used in artificial intelligence and computing.

method to measure how fit a candidate solution is in solving the problem.

the objective function for the optimization problem being solved.

a substitute to approximate the survival abilities of individuals in nature.

a least squares approximation for a polynomial.

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)

Pheromone

H₂0

Citric acid

of problem solvers that interact with each other through signs

of candidate solutions to try and create better candidates by mixing genes.

of candidate solutions in which each candidate is heuristically refined.

of problem solvers each of which does an independent heuristic search.