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Adaptation in natural and artificial systems : an introductory analysis with applications to biology, control, and artificial intelligence / John H. Holland..

By: Holland, John H. (John Henry), 1929-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Complex adaptive systems.Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1992Edition: 1st MIT Press ed.Description: xiv, 211 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0262082136 ; 0262581116.Subject(s): Adaptation (Biology) -- Mathematical models | Adaptive control systems -- Mathematical modelsDDC classification: 578.4
Contents:
The general setting -- A formal framework -- Illustrations -- Schemata -- The optimal allocation of trials -- Reproductive plans and genetic operators -- The robustness of genetic plans -- Adaption of codings and representations -- An overview -- Interim and prospectus.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Adaptation in Natural and Artificial Systems is the book that initiated this field of study, presenting the theoretical foundations and exploring applications.

"A Bradford book.".

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-205) and index.

The general setting -- A formal framework -- Illustrations -- Schemata -- The optimal allocation of trials -- Reproductive plans and genetic operators -- The robustness of genetic plans -- Adaption of codings and representations -- An overview -- Interim and prospectus.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface to the 1992 Edition
  • Preface
  • 1 The General Setting
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Preliminary Survey
  • 3 A Simple Artificial Adaptive System
  • 4 A Complex Natural Adaptive System
  • 5 Some General Observations
  • 2 A Formal Framework
  • 1 Discussion
  • 2 Presentation
  • 3 Comparison with the Dubins-Savage Formalization of the Gambler's Problem
  • 3 Illustrations
  • 1 Genetics
  • 2 Economics
  • 3 Game-Playing
  • 4 Searches, Pattern Recognition, and Statistical Inference
  • 5 Control and Function Optimization
  • 6 Central Nervous Systems
  • 4 Schemata
  • 5 The Optimal Allocation of Trials
  • 1 The 2-Armed Bandit
  • 2 Realization of Minimal Losses
  • 3 Many Options
  • 4 Application to Schemata
  • 6 Reproductive Plans and Genetic Operators
  • 1 Generalized Reproductive Plans
  • 2 Generalized Genetic Operators--Crossing-Over
  • 3 Generalized Genetic Operators--Inversion
  • 4 Generalized Genetic Operators--Mutation
  • 5 Further Increases in Power
  • 6 Interpretations
  • 7 The Robustness of Genetic Plans
  • 1 Adaptive Plans of Type
  • 2 The Robustness of Plans
  • 3 Robustness Vis-A-Vis A Simple Artificial Adaptive System
  • 4 Robustness Vis-A-Vis A Complex Natural Adaptive System
  • 5 General Consequences
  • 8 Adaptation of Codings and Representations
  • 1 Fixed Representation
  • 2 The "Broadcast Language"
  • 3 Usage
  • 4 Concerning Applications and the Use of Genetic Plans to Modify Representations
  • 9 An Overview
  • 1 Insights
  • 2 Computer Studies
  • 3 Advanced Questions
  • 10 Interim and Prospectus
  • 1 In the Interim
  • 2 The Optimal Allocation of Trials Revisited
  • 3 Recent Work
  • 4 Possibilities
  • Glossary of Important Symbols
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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