Theoretical aspects of evolutionary computing. 2nd EvoNet Summer School, Middelheim campus, Univ. of Antwerp, Belgium, September 1999 (Q1573599)

The articles of this volume will be reviewed individually. Indexed articles: \textit{Keane, A.}, An introduction to evolutionary computing in design search and optimisation, 1-11 [Zbl 1001.68912] \textit{Eiben, A. E.}, Evolutionary algorithms and constraint satisfaction: Definitions, survey, methodology, and research directions, 13-30 [Zbl 1001.68971] \textit{Rowe, J. E.}, The dynamical systems model of the simple genetic algorithm, 31-57 [Zbl 1001.68183] \textit{Prügel-Bennett, A.; Rogers, A.}, Modelling genetic algorithm dynamics, 59-85 [Zbl 1001.68184] \textit{Shapiro, J. L.}, Statistical mechanics theory of genetic algorithms, 87-108 [Zbl 1001.68185] \textit{Beyer, H.-G.; Arnold, D. V.}, Theory of evolution strategies. -- A tutorial, 109-133 [Zbl 1001.68186] \textit{Mühlenbein, H.; Mahnig, T.}, Evolutionary algorithms: From recombination to search distributions, 135-173 [Zbl 1001.68187] \textit{Kallel, L.; Naudts, B.; Reeves, C. R.}, Properties of fitness functions and search landscapes, 175-206 [Zbl 1001.68188] \textit{Rogers, A.; Prügel-Bennett, A.}, A solvable model of a hard optimisation problem, 207-221 [Zbl 1001.68189] \textit{Oates, M.; Smedley, J.; Corne, D.; Loader, R.}, Bimodal performance profile of evolutionary search and the effects of crossover, 223-237 [Zbl 1001.68041] \textit{Arnold, D. V.}, Evolution strategies in noisy environments. A survey of existing work, 239-249 [Zbl 0988.92021] \textit{Rowe, J. E.}, Cyclic attractors and quasispecies adaptability, 251-259 [Zbl 1001.68190] \textit{Ronnewinkel, C.; Wilke, C. O.; Martinetz, T.}, Genetic algorithms in time-dependent environments, 261-285 [Zbl 1001.68191] \textit{Berny, A.}, Statistical machine learning and combinatorial optimization, 287-306 [Zbl 1001.68110] \textit{Schippers, C. A.}, Multi-parent scanning crossover and genetic drift, 307-330 [Zbl 1001.68192] \textit{Burkowski, F. J.}, Harmonic recombination for evolutionary computation, 331-342 [Zbl 1001.68193] \textit{Garnier, J.; Kallel, L.}, How to detect all maxima of a function, 343-370 [Zbl 1001.68194] \textit{Jansen, T.}, On classification of fitness functions, 371-385 [Zbl 1001.68195] \textit{Marino, A.}, Genetic search on highly symmetric solution spaces: Preliminary results, 387-407 [Zbl 1001.68196] \textit{Stagge, P.; Igel, C.}, Structure optimization and isomorphisms, 409-422 [Zbl 1001.68111] \textit{Van Hoyweghen, C.}, Detecting spin-flip symmetry in optimization problems, 423-437 [Zbl 1001.68197] \textit{Del Moral, P.; Miclo, L.}, Asymptotic results for genetic algorithms with applications to nonlinear estimation, 439-493 [Zbl 1001.68198]