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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