Ask HN: Books about Genetic Algorithms
14 points - last Sunday at 8:40 PM
I'm a developer. I have a basic working knowledge of classic neural networks. I'd like to learn about genetic algorithms. What books should I be reading? I prefer dead-tree, but pdf suggestions too please.
nbernard
yesterday at 9:54 AM
Be aware that genetic algorithms are a type of evolutionary algorithms: Do you actually want to learn about genetic algorithms specifically, or more generally about evolutionary algorithms ?
andyjohnson0
yesterday at 7:01 PM
Thank you. Initially the former, and maybe later the latter.
andyjohnson0
last Sunday at 8:42 PM
I've seen recommendations for Genetic Algorithms in Search, Optimization, and Machine Learning by David E Goldberg as a classic/foundation text. However its 35+ years old. Is it still worth reading?
dhruv3006
yesterday at 9:31 AM
ISI Kolkata has a lot of research on it - you can go through the phd monologues maybe.
jharohit
yesterday at 11:29 PM
i have been pouring on my 10% free time into evolutionary algorithms. thinking about the premise of what a transformer alternative with evolutionary algorithms look like.
Would be keen on talking to anyone who has been researching in this area. X: @jharohit
hdjhdbdhdh
yesterday at 5:02 AM
I'd recommend going back to first principles for both and learning biology.
hdjhdbdhdh
yesterday at 5:09 AM
And I get that this is yes not a book ... But a whole bunch of books... But there is a lot to learn from biology in this case