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Evolutionary Computing. 2010-2011 Guszti Eiben Selmar Smit Ruben Balk. The course. Lectures 2x a week (wed + fri 9-11) Written exam (open book ) – grade A Programming assignment Presentation / competition – grade B or Special R&D track – grade B
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EvolutionaryComputing 2010-2011 Guszti Eiben Selmar Smit Ruben Balk
The course • Lectures 2x a week (wed + fri 9-11) • Writtenexam (open book) – grade A • Programmingassignment • Presentation / competition – grade B or • Special R&D track – grade B • FinalgradeG = ¾ * A + ¼ * B (if A > 5.5 and B > 5.5)
Support • People: • GusztiEibenwww.cs.vu.nl/~gusz/ • Selmar Smit www.cs.vu.nl/~sksmit/ • Ruben Balk r.s.balk@student.vu.nl • Book: Eiben-Smith, Introduction to EvolutionaryComputing, Springer, 2007 • Web: blackboard (bb.vu.nl), incl. • Slides • Old exams • Stuff forprogrammingassignment
Aims • Understand the mainprinciples of evolution and evolutionaryproblemsolving • Learnabout different evolutionaryalgorithms • Hands-onexperiencewithusingevolutionaryalgorithms • FUN