8. Glossary
Adaptation to the environment; fitness
Function optimized by an evolutionary algorithm, used within the selection operator. Also called "evaluation function" or "performance function." It does not need to be continuous or differentiable.
Evolutionary algorithm (EA)
Generic name for heuristics or stochastic optimization algorithms inspired by Darwinian evolutionary theory.
Distribution estimation algorithm; estimation of distribution algorithm (EDA)
Optimization heuristic operating on a continuous space (real numbers) and evolving a distribution representing the probability of finding the optimum in a given region. Successive populations are produced by sampling the distribution. The CMA-ES (covariance matrix adaptation evolution strategy) algorithm belongs to this...
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Artificial Evolution Association
It brings together French researchers in this field and organizes international conferences (EA), workshops, and schools.
SIGEVO, Special Interest Group on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation
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IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC)
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