De Jong, Kenneth A.Coletti, Mark2014-09-182014-09-182014-05https://hdl.handle.net/1920/8922An evolutionary algorithm (EA) is a biologically inspired metaheuristic that uses mutation, crossover, reproduction, and selection operators245 pagesenCopyright 2014 Mark ColettiArtificial intelligenceArtificial intelligenceEvolutionary computationMachine learningAn Analysis of a Model-based Evolutionary Algorithm: Learnable Evolution ModelDissertation