[10] Genetic Algorithms

For an extended bibliography, see the FAQ posting for comp.ai.genetic.

Overviews:

   L. B. Booker, D.E. Goldberg and J.H. Holland, "Classifier Systems and
   Genetic Algorithms", Artificial Intelligence 40(1-3):235-282,
   September 1989. 

   David E. Goldberg, "Genetic Algorithms in Search, Optimization, and
   Machine Learning", Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1989, 412 pages.
   ISBN 0-201-15767-5.

   Davis, Lawrence (editor), "Handbook of Genetic Algorithms", Van
   Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1991, ISBN 0-442-00173-8.

   D.B. Fogel, "An Introduction to Simulated Evolutionary Optimization",
   IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks 5(1):3-14, 1994.
      [Survey of evolutionary computation, including genetic
       algorithms, evolution strategies and evolutionary programming.]

   M. Srinivas and Lalit M. Patnaik, "Genetic Algorithms: A Survey",
   IEEE Computer 27(6):17-26, July 1994.

   Jose L. Ribeiro Filho, Philip C. Treleaven, and Cesare Alippi,
   "Genetic-Algorithm Programming Environments", IEEE Computer
   27(6):28-43, July 1994.

   See also the July 1992 issue of Scientific American.

Collections:

   Davis, Lawrence, editor, "Genetic Algorithms and Simulated
   Annealing", Morgan Kaufmann, 1989.

   Rawlins, G., editor, "Foundations of Genetic Algorithms", Morgan Kaufmann,
   1991.

   See also the Proceedings of the First/Second/Third/Fourth International
   Conference on Genetic Algorithms, published by Lawrence Erlbaum.

Miscellaneous:

   Holland, J.H. "Adaptation in Natural and Artificial Systems", University
   of Michigan Press, 1975.  Reprinted by MIT Press, 1992.

   Holland, J.H., Holyoak, K.J., Nisbett, R.E., and Thagard, P.R., "Induction:
   Processes of Inference, Learning, and Discovery", MIT Press, 1988.

   Michalewicz, Z., "Genetic algorithms + Data Structures = Evolution
   Programs", 2nd Edition, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1994. 354 pages,
   ISBN 3-540-58090-5 ($39). [Includes simple C code for a GA.]

Genetic Programming:

   Koza, John R., "Genetic Programming:  On the Programming of
   Computers by Means of Natural Selection", MIT Press, 1992, 819 pages. 
   ISBN 0-262-11170-5 ($55).

   Koza, John R., "Genetic Programming II: Automatic Discovery of
   Reusable Subprograms", MIT Press, 1994.  746 pages, ISBN
   0-262-11189-6 ($45).

Evolutionary Computation:

   David B. Fogel, "Evolutionary Computation: Toward a New Philosophy
   of Machine Intelligence", IEEE Press, New York, 1995. 272 pages,
   ISBN 0-7803-1038-1 hardcover ($50). [The book argues that there are
   strong connections between evolution and learning and provides a
   detailed overview of the emerging field of evolutionary
   computation, with a lot of theory and formal analysis. Each chapter
   closes with an extensive bibliography.]

See also [14] Artificial Life and Cellular Automata.