gref@NRL-AIC.ARPA.UUCP (11/18/87)
The following books give a good overview of genetic learning systems: Adaptation in Natural and Artificial Systems, J. H. Holland, Univ. Michigan Press: Ann Arbor, 1975. Induction: Processes of Inference, Learning, and Discovery, J. H. Holland, K. J. Holyoak, R. E. Nisbett and P. A. Thagard, MIT Press: Cambridge, 1986. Genetic Algorithms and Simulated Annealing, L. Davis (ed.), Pitman: London, 1987. Genetic Algorithms and Their Applications: Proceedings of the 2nd Intl. Conf. Genetic Algorithms, J. J. Grefenstette (ed.), Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc: Hillsdale, 1987. There is also a bulletin board devoted to genetic algorithms and related topics. To join, send a request to: GA-List-Request@NRL-AIC.ARPA -- JJG