Koza J.R. Genetic Programming: On the Programming of Computers by Means of Natural Selection

Book, 813 p,The MIT Press,Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England,ISBN: 0-262-11170-5
Introduction and Overview
Pervasiveness of the Problem of Program Induction
Introduction to Genetic Algorithms
The Representation Problem for Genetic Algorithms
Overview of Genetic Programming
Detailed Description of Genetic Programming
Four Introductory Examples of Genetic Programming
Amount of Processing Required to Solve a Problem
Nonrandomness of Genetic Programming
Symbolic Regression — Error-Driven Evolution
Control — Cost-Driven Evolution
Evolution of Emergent Behavior
Evolution of Subsumption
Entropy-Driven Evolution
Evolution of Strategy
Co-Evolution
Evolution of Classification
Iteration, Recursion, and Setting
Evolution of Constrained Syntactic Structures
Evolution of Building Blocks
Evolution of Hierarchies of Building Blocks
Parallelization of Genetic Programming
Ruggedness of Genetic Programming
Extraneous Variables and Functions
Operational Issues
Review of Genetic Programming
Comparison with Other Paradigms
Spontaneous Emergence of Self-Replicating and Evolutionarily Self-Improving
Computer ProgramsAppendix A: Computer Implementation
Appendix B: Problem-Specific Part of Simple LISP Code
Appendix C: Kernel of the Simple LISP Code
Appendix D: Embellishments to the Simple LISP Code
Appendix E: Streamlined Version of EVAL
Appendix F: Editor for Simplifying S-Expressions
Appendix G: Testing the Simple LISP Code
Appendix H: Time-Saving Techniques
Appendix I: List of Special Symbols
Appendix J: List of Special Functions