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Other Evolutionary and Bio-Inspired Computation Techniques

In this chapter, you will broaden your horizons and discover several new problem-solving and optimization techniques related to genetic algorithms. Three different techniques of this extended family – genetic programming, NeuroEvolution of Augmenting Topologies (NEAT), and particle swarm optimization – will be then demonstrated through the implementation of problem-solving Python programs. Finally, we will provide a brief overview of several other related computation paradigms.

This chapter will cover the following topics:

  • The evolutionary computation family of algorithms
  • Understanding the concepts of genetic programming and how they differ from genetic algorithms
  • Using genetic programming ...

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