Foundations of Genetic Algorithms

Inbreeding Properties of Geometric Crossover and Non-geometric Recombinations.- Just What Are Building Blocks?.- Sufficient Conditions for Coarse-Graining Evolutionary Dynamics.- On the Brittleness of Evolutionary Algorithms.- Mutative Self-adaptation on the Sharp and Parabolic Ridge.- Genericity of the Fixed Point Set for the Infinite Population Genetic Algorithm.- Neighborhood Graphs and Symmetric Genetic Operators.- Decomposition of Fitness Functions in Random Heuristic Search.- On the Effects of Bit-Wise Neutrality on Fitness Distance Correlation, Phenotypic Mutation Rates and Problem Hardness.- Continuous Optimisation Theory Made Easy? Finite-Element Models of Evolutionary Strategies, Genetic Algorithms and Particle Swarm Optimizers.- Saddles and Barrier in Landscapes of Generalized Search Operators.