Related Links

• NovaGenetica bills itself as the "#1 source for genetic algorithm links and information". It offers breaking news, papers, tutorials, a large collection of links, software, and information about conferences.
  
• The Genetic Programming Notebook also contains a wealth of information about genetic algorithms, as well as the related subjects of genetic programming and artificial intelligence.
  
• The FAQ and the newsgroup from which it originates, comp.ai.genetic are generally geared toward more experienced practitioners.
  

Java Applets

• Dan Loughlin has made available an applet that demonstrates function optimization via genetic algorithm.
  
• A simulation of the travelling salesman problem comes out of Germany.
  

Software Applications

Music

• A Windows 3x program, GAMusic, generates short tunes with genetic algorithms. The user acts as the fitness function by judging various sound clips. By Jason H. Moore.
  
• For a more sophisticated musical example, see Bruce L Jacob's page on Composing with Genetic Algorithms Also check out his collection of samples or this 525K local sample in .AU format.
  

Graphics

• Harley Davis's Imogene, a Windows program that produces .bmp pictures with a genetic algorithm.
  

Tutorials

• Dougal -- Travelling Salesman demonstration by Brett Parker that employs a genetic algorithm. Contains full documentation and easy-to-understand definitions of key terminology. For DOS VGA.
  

• For an excellent introduction to the Genetic Algorithm, see the Postscript version of An Overview of Genetic Algorithms by David Beasley, David R. Bull, and Ralph R Martin. Part 2 of this paper is also avalable online.
  
• Darrell Whitley's somewhat more technical A Genetic Algorithm Tutorial is available in Postscript.
  
• What Makes a Problem Hard for a Genetic Algorithm? by Stephanie Forrest and Melanie Mitchell. In Postscript.
  

• Geneticprogramming.com's GA links.
  
• NovaGenetica's page "Intoductions, Tutorials, and FAQs.