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From: David.Beasley@cs.cf.ac.uk (David Beasley)
Subject: What's new in the FAQ? : HTML version now available
Summary: Summary of changes made to the FAQ since its last edition.
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Last-Modified:  March 20, 1996
Issue:          4.1

Hello, and welcome to the new edition of the comp.ai.genetic FAQ, 
"The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to Evolutionary Computation". 

This is the second edition of the FAQ to be available in HTML format,
from the addresses given below.

As usual, here's a description of the differences in content between this
and the previous version. The main changes have been improvements in the
formatting of the HTML version. Cross-references to book details and
email addresses are now included, for example. Details of changes in the
content are given below.

The next edition is due out on June 20th, 1996. Every second monday,
a reminder is posted telling people how to pick up copies by FTP,
etc.

As always, if you have information which could usefully go into the
guide, send it to me at the address below. Please include in the Subject 
line: HHGTEC. If you find any information is inaccurate, please
let me know (if possible, with the _accurate_ information). All
contributions/help welcome.

If you have any questions which you'd like to be answered in the FAQ,
post them to the newsgroup first. If any sensible answers are
forthcoming, I'll include the information in the FAQ.

The ASCII version of the FAQ comes in 6 parts, with the following broad
categories:

	1. Intro to the FAQ and the newsgroup		22k
	2. Descriptions of different types of EAs	56k
	3. Practice and theory				43k
	4. References and information sources		70k
	5. EA software packages				82k
	6. Other topics and glossary			73k

MAIN CHANGES

Q12   Added pointer to GA-digest
Q15.2 Added WWW address for Genetic Algorithms in Production Scheduling
Q20.1 Revised entry for PGApack
Q22   Added Aircraft Landing problem test data
Q99_D and Q10.7 Added information about the Dictionary of Darwinism and 
	of Evolution
Q99_E Changed definition of Evolution back to how it used to be
Q99_N Added "no free lunch theory definition - Bill Macready

The HTML version is available from the following URLs:

Europe:
  Germany: EUnet Deutschland GmbH:
      ftp://ftp.Germany.EU.net:/pub/research/softcomp/EC/FAQ/www/
  Germany: Technical University of Berlin:
      ftp://ftp-bionik.fb10.tu-berlin.de:/pub/EC/FAQ/www/
  France: Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau:
      ftp://blanche.polytechnique.fr:/pub/eark/EC/FAQ/www/
  UK: The University of Warwick:
      ftp://ftp.dcs.warwick.ac.uk:/pub/mirrors/EC/FAQ/www/
  Spain: The University of Oviedo:
      ftp://zeus.etsimo.uniovi.es:/pub/EC/FAQ/www/

USA:
  The Santa Fe Institute:
      ftp://alife.santafe.edu:/pub/USER-AREA/EC/FAQ/www/
  The California Institute of Technology:
      ftp://ftp.krl.caltech.edu:/pub/EC/FAQ/www/
  Wayne State University, Detroit:
      ftp://ftp.cs.wayne.edu:/pub/EC/FAQ/www/
  The Michigan State University, East Lansing:
      ftp://ftp.egr.msu.edu:/pub/EC/FAQ/www/
  Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN:
      ftp://coast.cs.purdue.edu:/pub/EC/FAQ/www/

Elsewhere:
  Hong Kong: The Chinese University of Hong Kong:
      ftp://ftp.cs.cuhk.hk:/pub/EC/FAQ/www/
  South Africa: University of Cape Town:
      ftp://ftp.uct.ac.za:/pub/mirrors/EC/FAQ/www/
  Brazil: CEFET-PR, Curitiba:
    ftp://ftp.cefetpr.br/pub/EC/FAQ/www/


David Beasley, Praxis plc, Bath, UK                               __o
dabley@praxis.co.uk                                               \<,  
-comp.ai.genetic FAQ Editor-                 ___________________()/ ()___ 
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