Fogel D.B. Evolutionary Computation. Toward a New Philosophy of Machine Intelligence

IEEE Press/John Wiley, 2006, -292 p.Ten years have elapsed since the first publication of this book. In that decade of time, evolutionary computation has matured from a fringe element of computer science to a well-recognized serious endeavor. Although specific numbers are difficult to estimate, it would not be unreasonable to believe that over 10,000 papers have now been published in evolutionary computation. In 2001, the IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation placed fourth in impact factor ratings in the category of computer science/artificial intelligence among all such journals that are analyzed by the Institute for Scientific Information (Thomson ISI), and it continues to place among the top publications year after year, while the number of submissions to the journal continues to increase. It has taken some time to achieve this degree of recognition, and it is certainly welcome.
Five years ago, I published the second edition of this book, and noted that evolutionary computation and artificial intelligence (AI) remained mostly disparate activities. Unfortunately, that is still true. Furthermore, other alternative approaches to machine intelligence, such as neural networks and fuzzy systems, still remain outside the mainstream of AI. Surely, these areas are well known, but not as well practiced within what constitutes traditional AI.Defining Artificial Intelligence
Natural Evolution
Computer Simulation of Natural Evolution
Theoretical and Empirical Properties of Evolutionary Computation
Intelligent Behavior
Perspective