Introduction to evolutionary algorithms

Some interesting features of the new book “Introduction to Evolutionary Algorithms”, which is written by Xinjie Yu and Mitsuo Gen and be published by Springer in 2010, will be illustrated, including covering nearly all the hot evolutionary-computation-related topics, referring to the latest published journal papers, introducing the applications of EAs as many as possible, and adopting many pedagogical ways to make EAs easy and interesting. The contents and the consideration of selecting these contents will be discussed. Then the focus will be put on the pedagogical ways for teaching and self-study. The algorithms introduced in the tutorial include constrained optimization evolutionary algorithms (COEA), multiobjective evolutionary algorithms (MOEA), ant colony optimization (ACO), particle swarm optimization (PSO), and artificial immune systems (AIS). Some of the applications of these evolutionary algorithms will be discussed.