Proceedings of the 1st annual conference on genetic programming

Abstract

This book of proceedings contains the papers presented at the first genetic programming conference, held at Stanford University on July 28-31, 1996. Genetic programming is an automatic programming technique for evolving computer programs that solve (or approximately solve) problems. Starting with a primordial ooze of thousands of randomly created computer programs composed of appropriate programmatic ingredients, a population of computers programs is progressively evolved over many generations using the Darwinian principle of survival of the fittest, a sexual recombination operation, and occasional mutation.