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Definition: Evolutionary Algorithm (EA)

By Jack Krupansky

An evolutionary algorithm is an algorithm which varies a set of parameters and evaluates the quality or "fitness" of the results of a computation as the parameters are changed or "evolved".

Singular of evolutionary algorithms.

See genetic algorithm.

Generally, used as a synonym for evolutionary computation, evolutionary computing, evolutionary programming, genetic algorithm, genetic computation, genetic computing, and genetic programming.

See the Wikipedia article on Evolutionary Algorithm.

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