news.ycombinator.com

Ask HN: Books about Genetic Algorithms

andyjohnson0 · 15 points · 9 comments · l’altro ieri
HN discussion

I'm a developer. I have a basic working knowledge of classic neural networks. I'd like to learn about genetic algorithms. What books should I be reading? I prefer dead-tree, but pdf suggestions too please.

Comments

5 preview comments · loading full thread
rolphl’altro ieri

https://faculty.cc.gatech.edu/~turk/bio_sim/articles/genetic... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland%27s_schema_theorem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Henry_Holland Adaptation in Natural and Artificial Systems (1975, MIT Press)

nbernardl’altro ieri

Be aware that genetic algorithms are a type of evolutionary algorithms: Do you actually want to learn about genetic algorithms specifically, or more generally about evolutionary algorithms ?

andyjohnson0l’altro ieri

I've seen recommendations for Genetic Algorithms in Search, Optimization, and Machine Learning by David E Goldberg as a classic/foundation text. However its 35+ years old. Is it still worth reading?

dhruv3006l’altro ieri

ISI Kolkata has a lot of research on it - you can go through the phd monologues maybe.

hdjhdbdhdhl’altro ieri

I'd recommend going back to first principles for both and learning biology.