Evolutionary Computation Glossary

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MIGRATION:

The transfer of (the GENEs of) an INDIVIDUAL from one SUB-POPULATION to another.

MOBOT:

MOBile ROBOT. cf ROBOT.

MUTATION:

(EC) a REPRODUCTION OPERATOR which forms a new CHROMOSOME by making (usually small) alterations to the values of GENEs in a copy of a single, PARENT chromosome.

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Hitch Hiker's Guide to Evolutionary Computation, Issue 7.4, released 18 January 2000
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