Reading Assignment

• Hussain, T. (1998). An Introduction to Evolutionary Computation. Retrieved January 11, 2007 from neo.lcc.uma.es/cEA-web/documents/hussain98.pdf.
  
  
• Beasley. D., Bull, D. & Martin, R. (1993). An Overview of Genetic Algorithms: Part 1: Fundamentals. University Computing, 15(2), 58-69.
  
  
• Packard, N. (1988). Intrinsic Adaptation in a Simple Model for Evolution. In C. Langton (Ed.). Artificial Life (pp. 141-155). Redwood City: Addison-Wesley.
  
  
• Ray, T. (1988). An Approach to the Synthesis of Life. In C. Langton, C. Taylor, J. Farmer & S. Rasmussen (Eds.). Artificial Life II (pp. 371-408). Redwood City: Addison-Wesley.

Homework Assignment

Due Date: 2/12/07


• Homework #2

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Sample Code

• MaxOnesExperiment.java: The code that uses dlife.ga to solve the Max Ones problem.
• MaxOnesFitnessFunction.java: The implementation of the FitnessFunction for the Max Ones problem.