When using representations for genetic algorithms (GAs) every optimization problem canbe separated into a genotype-phenotype and a phenotype-tness mapping. The genotypephenotypemapping is the used representation and the phenotype-tness mapping is the problemthat should be solved.This paper...

Genetic algorithms are sometimes disparagingly denoted as just a fancier form of a plain, stupidheuristic. One of the main reasons for this kind of critique is that users believed a GA could notguarantee global convergence in a certain amount of time.Because the proof of global convergence of...