Q10.2: Textbooks on EC?

These books go into the "nuts and bolts" of EC.

Goldberg, D.E. (1989) "Genetic Algorithms in Search, Optimization, and Machine Learning",Addison-Wesley. [GOLD89]: (Probably the most widely referenced book in the field!)

Davis, L. (ed) (1991) "Handbook of Genetic Algorithms", Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, NY. [DAVIS91]:

Michalewicz, Z. (1992) Genetic algorithms + Data Structures = Evolution Programs", Springer- Verlag, New York, NY. [MICHALE92]: Also second, extended edition (1994) with index. [MICHALE94]:

Koza, J.R. (1992), Genetic Programming: On the Programming of Computers by means of Natural Selection", Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. [KOZA92]:

Langdon, W.B. (1998), Genetic Programming and Data Structures Hingham, MA: Kluwer. [LANG98]: http://www.wkap.nl/book.htm/0-7923-8135-1