Online version of GEP book: Chapter 3

The third chapter of the book GENE EXPRESSION PROGRAMMING: MATHEMATICAL MODELING BY AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE is now available to browse online at:

https://www.gene-expression-programming.com/Books/index.asp

The book has 7 chapters and the first three are now available (1 Introduction; 2 The Entities of Gene Expression Programming; and 3 The Basic Gene Expression Algorithm). The remaining chapters (4 The Basic GEA in Problem Solving; 5 Design of Neural Networks; 6 Combinatorial Optimization; and 7 Evolutionary Studies) will follow shortly.

Entries for Chapter 3:

Chapter 3: THE BASIC GENE EXPRESSION ALGORITHM
1. Populations of individuals
1.1. Creation of the initial population
1.2. Subsequent generations and elitism
2. Fitness functions and selection
2.1. Fitness functions and the selection environment
2.2. Selection
3. Reproduction with modification
3.1. Replication and selection
3.2. Mutation
3.3. Transposition and insertion sequence elements
3.3.1. Transposition of insertion sequence elements
3.3.2. Root transposition
3.3.3. Gene transposition
3.4. Recombination
3.4.1. One-point recombination
3.4.2. Two-point recombination
3.4.3. Gene recombination
4. Solving a simple problem with GEP