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TABLE OF CONTENTS OF PART 4
     Q10: What introductory material on EAs is there?
     Q10.1: Suitable background reading for beginners?
     Q10.2: Textbooks on EC?
     Q10.3: The Classics?
     Q10.4: Introductory Journal Articles?
     Q10.5: Introductory Technical Reports?
     Q10.6: Not-quite-so-introductory Literature?
     Q10.7: Biological Background Readings?
     Q10.8: On-line bibliography collections?
     Q10.9: Videos?
     Q10.10: CD-ROMs?
     Q10.11: How do I get a copy of a dissertation?

     Q11: What EC related journals and magazines are there?

     Q12: What are the important conferences/proceedings on EC?

     Q13: What Evolutionary Computation Associations exist?

     Q14: What Technical Reports are available?

     Q15: What information is available over the net?
     Q15.1: What digests are there?
     Q15.2: What mailing lists are there?
     Q15.3: What online information repositories are there?
     Q15.4: What relevant newsgroups and FAQs are there?
     Q15.5: What about all these Internet Services?

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Subject: Q10: What introductory material on EAs is there?

     There  are  many  sources  of  introductory  material on evolutionary
     algorithms: background books  (see  Q10.1),  textbooks  (see  Q10.2),
     classical  works (see Q10.3), journal articles (see Q10.4), technical
     reports (see Q10.5), more advanced literature (see Q10.6), biological
     background reading (see Q10.7), bibliography collections (see Q10.8),
     videos (see Q10.9) and CD-ROMs (Q10.10).  Information on how  to  get
     dissertations is also given below (see Q10.11).

     Conference proceedings (see Q12) are also a good source of up-to-date
     (and sometimes introductory) material.

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Subject: Q10.1: Suitable background reading for beginners?

     These books give a "flavor" of what the subject is about.

     Dawkins, R. (1976, 1989 2nd ed) "The Selfish  Gene",  Oxford:  Oxford
     University Press.  [The 2nd edition includes two new chapters]

     Dawkins,  R.  (1982)  "The  Extended Phenotype: The Gene as a Unit of
     Selection", Oxford: Oxford University Press.

     Dawkins, R. (1986) "The Blind Watchmaker", New York: W.W. Norton.

     Gonick, L. (1983) "The Cartoon Guide to Computer Science", New  York:
     Barnes & Nobel. [eds note: features an interesting chapter on Charles
     Babbage in conjunction with "horse racing forecasting", if  you  want
     to use EAs to fullfill this task, better read this section first]

     Gonick, L. (1983) "The Cartoon Guide to Genetics", New York: Barnes &
     Nobel.

     Regis, E. (1987) "Who got Einstein's Office?  Eccentricity and Genius
     at  the  Institute  for  Advanced Study", Reading, MA: Addison Wesley
     [eds note: chapters 5, 10 and 12]

     Levy, S. (1992) "Artificial Life: The Quest for a new Creation",  New
     York,  NY: Pantheon. [LEVY92]: [eds note: read this and you will have
     the urge to work in this field]

     Sigmund, K. (1993) "Games of Life: Explorations in Ecology, Evolution
     and Behaviour", Oxford: Univ. Press. 252 pp. Hard/Softcover avail.

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Subject: 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. Also second,
     extended edition (1994) with index.

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

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Subject: Q10.3: The Classics?

     Mostly older works which have helped to shape the field.

     Charles Darwin (1859), "The Origin of Species", London: John  Murray.
     (Penguin   Classics,  London,  1985;  New  American  Library,  Mentor
     Paperback)

     Box, G.E.P. (1957) "Evolutionary operation: a  method  of  increasing
     industrial productivity", Applied Statistics, 6, 81-101.

     Fraser,  A.S.  (1957)  "Simulation  of  genetic  systems by automatic
     digital computers", Australian Journal of  Biological  Sciences,  10,
     484-491.

     Friedman,   G.J.   (1959)  "Digital  simulation  of  an  evolutionary
     process", General Systems Yearbook, 4:171-184.

     Bremermann,  H.J.  (1962)   "Optimization   through   evolution   and
     recombination". In M.C. Yovits, et al, (eds) Self-Organizing Systems.
     Washington, DC: Spartan Books.

     Holland, J.H. (1962)  "Outline  for  a  logical  theory  of  adaptive
     systems", JACM, 3, 297-314.

     Samuel,  A.L. (1963) "Some Studies in Machine Learning using the Game
     of Checkers", in  Computers  and  Thought,  E.A.  Feigenbaum  and  J.
     Feldman (eds), New York: McGraw-Hill.

     Walter, W.G. (1963) "The Living Brain", New York: W.W. Norton.

     Fogel,   L.J.,   Owens,   A.J.   &  Walsh,  M.J.  (1966)  "Artificial
     Intelligence  through  Simulated   Evolution",   New   York:   Wiley.
     [Fogel66]:

     Rosen,   R.   (1967)  "Optimality  Principles  in  Biology",  London:
     Butterworths.

     Rechenberg, I. (1973, 1993 2nd edn) "Evolutionsstrategie: Optimierung
     technischer  Systeme  nach  Prinzipien  der  biologischen Evolution",
     Stuttgart: Fromman-Holzboog.  (Evolution  Strategy:  Optimization  of
     technical systems by means of biological evolution)

     Holland,  J.H. (1975) "Adaptation in natural and artificial systems",
     Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Press.

     De Jong, K.A. (1975) "An analysis of  the  behavior  of  a  class  of
     genetic  adaptive  systems",  Doctoral  thesis, Dept. of Computer and
     Communication Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

     Schwefel, H.-P. (1977) "Numerische Optimierung von  Computer-Modellen
     mittels der Evolutionsstrategie", Basel: Birkhaeuser.

     Schwefel,  H.-P.  (1981) "Numerical Optimization of Computer Models",
     Chichester: Wiley. [eds note: English  translation  of  the  previous
     entry; a reworked edition is currently in preparation for 1994]

     Axelrod, R. (1984) "The evolution of cooperation", NY: Basic Books.

     Cramer,  N.L. (1985) "A Representation for the Adaptive Generation of
     Simple Sequential Programs" [ICGA85], 183-187.

     Baeck, T., Hoffmeister, F. & Schwefel,  H.-P.  (1991)  "A  Survey  of
     Evolution Strategies" [ICGA91], 2-9.

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Subject: Q10.4: Introductory Journal Articles?

     Goldberg,  D.E.  (1986)  "The  Genetic  Algorithm: Who, How, and What
     Next?".  In Kumpati S. Narenda, ed., Adaptive and  Learning  Systems,
     Plenum, New York, NY.

     Dawkins,   R.  (1987)  "The  Evolution  of  Evolvability",  [ALIFEI],
     201-220.

     Hillis, W.D. (1987) "The Connection  Machine",  Scientific  American,
     255(6).

     Holland,  J.H.  (1989)  "Using  Classifier  Systems to Study Adaptive
     Nonlinear Networks". In: Lectures in the Science of  Complexity,  SFI
     Studies in the Science of Complexity, D. Stein, (ed), Addison Wesley.

     Brooks, R.A. (1991) "Intelligence without Reason", MIT  AI  Memo  No.
     1293.  Appeared in "Computer's and Thought", IJCAI-91.

     Sims,   K.  (1991)  "Artificial  Evolution  for  Computer  Graphics",
     Computer Graphics, 25(4), 319-328

     Wayner,  Peter  (1991),  "Genetic  Algorithms:  Programming  takes  a
     valuable tip from nature", BYTE, January, 361--368.
     Hillis,  W.D. (1992) "Massively Parallel Computing" Daedalus, winter,
     121(1), 1-29. [HILLIS92]:

     Holland,  J.H.  (1992)  "Genetic  Algorithms",  Scientific  American,
     267(1), 66-72. [HOLLAND92]:

     Holland,  J.H.  (1992)  "Complex  Adaptive Systems" Daedalus, winter,
     121(1), 17-30.

     Spears, W.M., DeJong, K.A., Baeck, T.,  Fogel,  D.  &  de  Garis,  H.
     (1993)  "An Overview of Evolutionary Computation", [ECML93], 442-459.

     Baeck, T. & Schwefel,  H.-P.  (1993)  "An  Overview  of  Evolutionary
     Algorithms  for  Parameter  Optimization",  Evolutionary Computation,
     1(1), 1-23.

     Baeck,  T.,  Rudolph,  G.  &  Schwefel,  H.-P.  (1993)  "Evolutionary
     Programming  and Evolution Strategies: Similarities and Differences",
     [EP93], 11-22.

     Mitchell, M. & Forrest S. (1993) "Genetic Algorithms  and  Artificial
     Life",  Artificial  Life,  1(1).  Also  avail.  as  SFI Working Paper
     31-11-072.

     Beasley, D., Bull, D.R.,  &  Martin,  R.R.  (1993)  "An  Overview  of
     Genetic  Algortihms:  Part  1,  Fundamentals",  University Computing,
     15(2) 58--69.  Available by ftp from  ENCORE  (See  Q15.3)  in  file:
     GA/papers/over93.ps.gz                     or                    from
     ralph.cm.cf.ac.uk:/pub/GAs/ga_overview1.ps

     Beasley, D., Bull, D.R.,  &  Martin,  R.R.  (1993)  "An  Overview  of
     Genetic  Algortihms:  Part 2, Research Topics", University Computing,
     15(4) 170--181.  Available by ftp from ENCORE (See  Q15.3)  in  file:
     GA/papers/over93-2.ps.gz                    or                   from
     ralph.cm.cf.ac.uk:/pub/GAs/ga_overview2.ps

     Fogel,  D.B.  (1994)  "An  Introduction  to  Simulated   Evolutionary
     Optimization," IEEE Trans. Neural Networks, Vol. 5(1), 3--14.

     Goldberg,  D.  (1994),  "Genetic  and Evolutionary Algorithms Come of
     Age", Communications of the ACM, 37(3), 113--119.

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Subject: Q10.5: Introductory Technical Reports?

     Hoffmeister, F. & Baeck, T.  (1990,  1992)  "Genetic  Algorithms  and
     Evolution  Strategies:  Similarities  and Differences", University of
     Dortmund,  Dept.   of   CS,   SyS-1/92.   Available   by   ftp   from
     lumpi.informatik.uni-dortmund.de:

     Whitley,  D.  (1993)  "A  Genetic Algorithm Tutorial", Colorado State
     University,  Dept.  of  CS,  TR  CS-93-103.  Available  by  ftp  from
     beethoven.cs.colostate.edu:

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Subject: Q10.6: Not-quite-so-introductory Literature?

     Bock,   P.   (1993)   "The  Emergence  of  Artificial  Cognition:  An
     Introduction to Collective Learning", Singapore: World Scientific.

     Davis, L. (ed) (1987) "Genetic Algorithms and  Simulated  Annealing",
     available  from  Morgan  Kaufmann  Publishers  Inc., 340 Pine St, San
     Francisco, CA 94104, (415-392-2665).

     Davidor, Y. (1991)  "Genetic  Algorithms  and  Robotics",  Singapore:
     World Scientific. ISBN 9-810202172.

     Forrest,  S.  (ed)  (1990)  "Emergent  Computation.  Self-Organizing,
     Collective, and  Cooperative  Phenomena  in  Natural  and  Artificial
     Computing Networks", [FORREST90]:, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. (Special
     issue of Physica D.)
     Hillis,  W.D.  (1990)  "Co-Evolving   Parasites   Improve   Simulated
     Evolution as an Optimization procedure", [ALIFEII], 313-324.

     Holland,  J.H.,  Holyoak,  K.J., Nisbett, R.E. & Thagard, P.R. (1986)
     "Induction:  Processes  of  Inference,  Learning,   and   Discovery",
     Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

     Holland,  J.H.  (1992) "Adaptation in Natural and Artificial Systems:
     An Introductory Analysis with Applications to Biology,  Control,  and
     Artificial  Intelligence,  Cambridge,  MA:  MIT Press/Bradford Books,
     (2nd edn). Hard: ISBN 0-262-08213-6. Soft: ISBN 0-262-58111-6.

     Serra, R. &  Zanarini,  G.  (1990)  "Complex  Systems  and  Cognitive
     Processes", New York, NY: Springer-Verlag.

     Stender,   J.   (ed.).  (1993)  "Parallel  Genetic  Algorithms",  IOS
     Publishing.  [Cites just about everything in the parallel  GA  field.
     -- John Koza]

     Rujan,  P.  (1988) "Searching for optimal configurations by simulated
     tunneling", Zeitschrift der Physik B", Vol.73, 391-416.

     Rudolph,  G.  (1994)  "Convergence  Analysis  of  Canonical   Genetic
     Algorithms",  IEEE  Trans.  on  Neural Networks, Special issue on EP.
     Available   by   ftp   from   ENCORE    (See    Q15.3)    in    file:
     GA/papers/canon94.ps.gz

     Fogel,  D. (1995), "Evolutionary Computation: Toward a New Philosophy
     of  Machine  Intelligence",  Piscataway,  NJ:   IEEE   Press.    ISBN
     0-7803-1048-0.

     Schwefel,  H-P.  (1995)  "Evolution  and  Optimum Seeking", New York:
     Wiley.  ISBN 0-471-57148-2

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Subject: Q10.7: Biological Background Readings?

     Adams, D. with Carwardine M. (1990) "Last Chance to see...",  London:
     Heinemann.  [David  Corne:  I  strongly  suggest you read this. Its a
     report on visits to various parts of  the  world  to  see  endangered
     species. It is remarkably and wonderfully funny and illuminating.  It
     would actually be a good reference to have in any bit of the  FAQ  to
     do  with  genetic  diversity and/or the lack of it, or the remarkable
     kinds of adaptations that can occur for the strangest reasons.]

     Cairns-Smith, A.G. (1985)  "Seven  Clues  to  the  Origin  of  Life",
     Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press.

     Fisher,  R.A.  (1958)  "The Genetic Theory of Natural Selection", New
     York: Dover.

     Futuyma, D.J. (1986) "Evolutionary Biology", Sunderland, MA:  Sinauer
     Assoc.   [eds note: the bibliography of this book is truly a treasure
     chest]

     Lewin, B. (1993) "Genes IV".

     Lewontin, R.C. (1974) "The Genetic Basis of Evolutionary Change", New
     York: Columbia Univ. Press.

     Maynard  Smith,  J. (1972) "On Evolution", Edinburgh: Edinburgh Univ.
     Press.

     Maynard Smith, J. (1978) "Optimization Theory in  Evolution",  Annual
     Review of Ecology and Systematics 9:31-56.
     Maynard  Smith,  J.  (1982)  "Evolution  and  the  Theory  of Games",
     Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press.

     Maynard Smith, J. (1989) "The Problems of  Biology",  Oxford:  Oxford
     Univ. Press.

     Maynard  Smith,  J.  (1989)  "Evolutionary  Genetics", Oxford: Oxford
     Univ. Press.

     Mayr, E.  (1963)  "Animal  Species  and  Evolution",  Cambridge,  MA:
     Harvard Univ. Press.

     Mayr, E. (1982) "The Groth of Biological Thought", Cambridge, MA: The
     Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press.

     Ridley, M. (1985) "The Problems of Evolution", Oxford:  Oxford  Univ.
     Press.

     Watson,  J.D.  (1966)  "Molecular  Biology  of the Gene", Menlo Park:
     Benjamin.

     Watson, J.D., Hopkins, N.H., Roberts, J.W., Steitz,  J.A.  &  Weiner,
     A.M.  (1987)  "Molecular  Biology of the Gene (4th edn)", Menlo Park:
     Benjamin.

     Williams, G.C. (1966) "Adaptation and Natural Selection",  Princeton,
     NJ: Princeton Univ. Press.

     Wright,  S.  (1932) "The roles of mutation, inbreeding, crossbreeding
     and selection in evolution", in: Proc. of the 6th Int'l  Congress  on
     Genetics I, 356.

     There  is a *lot* of interesting material on biology and evolution in
     the talk.origins newsgroup repository, available by FTP. The index of
     files,  available  from ics.uci.edu:/pub/origins/Index , lists what's
     there, and includes files  on  Darwinism,  definition  of  evolution,
     introduction  to evolutionary biology, a list of important FAQ files,
     speciation,  and genetic drift.

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Subject: Q10.8: On-line bibliography collections?

 The Big One
     Jarmo Alander has  compiled  probably  the  biggest  EC  bibliography
     around.  It  has 2500 entries, and is available in postscript form by
     ftp from: garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/research/2500GArefs.ps.gz and also  from
     ENCORE  (see  Q15.3)  in  file  refs/2500GArefs.ps.gz Please send any
     additions or corrections to <ja@cs.hut.fi>

     The same directory on ENCORE also contains  some  other  bibliography
     collections.

 Bibliography at Florida Atlantic University
     A  bibliography  of  over  400  entries  in  the area of Evolutionary
     Computation (GA/ES/EP/GP) is  available  (in  BibTeX  and  PostScript
     formats,       compressed)      by      anonymous      FTP      from:
     magenta.me.fau.edu:/pub/ep-list/bib/EC-ref.bib.Z and EC-ref.ps.Z

     Please     send     any     additions     and     corrections      to
     <nsaravan@cehps01.ce.ford.com> or <EP-List@magenta.me.fau.edu>.

 Combinations of GAs and NNs
     Dave Schaffer <ds1@philabs.Philips.Com> has compiled a bibliograpy on
     combinations of GAs and neural networks. About 150 entries, available
     in Bib format from ENCORE (See Q15.3) in file refs/cogann.bib.gz
     Jochen   Ruhland  <jochenr@neuro.informatik.uni-kassel.de>  has  also
     compiled a bibliography on this topic. Some  papers  deal  only  with
     neural  networks,  some  only  with  genetic  algorithms.   About 300
     references altogether. Some include  an  abstract.   Available  from:
     ftp.neuro.informatik.uni-kassel.de:/pub/NeuralNets/                in
     We_and_our_work/papers/diplom.1.bib.gz There are plans to expand this
     bibliography   from  time  to  time;  the  sequels  will  have  names
     diplom.2.bib.gz, etc.

 Bibliography at IlliGAL
     A bibliography on Genetic Algorithms compiled by David  E.  Goldberg,
     Kelsey  Milman,  and Christina Tidd is available as IlliGAL Report No
     92008        (see         Q14),         via         ftp         from:
     gal4.ge.uiuc.edu:/pub/papers/IlliGALs/92008part1.ps.Z             and
     92008part2.ps.Z

 GAPHD Bibliography Collection
     Martyn   Amos   <Martyn.Amos@dcs.warwick.ac.uk>   has   assembled   a
     collection  of  bibliographies  from  various  sources, tidied up the
     entries and removed duplicates. The collections are as follows:

	 Alife.bib.gz      - General Artificial Life
	 ICGA-93.bib.gz    - Proc. International Conference on GAs (1993)
	 chaos.bib.gz      - Chaos theory
	 ga+nn.bib.gz      - GAs and neural networks
	 ga.bib.gz         - General GA references
	 ga2.bib.gz        - General GA references
	 parallelGA.bib.gz - Parallel GAs
	 theory.bib.gz     - Theoretical computer science (bias towards graph
			   theory, stochasic modelling and pobability theory)
	 misc.bib.gz       - Miscellaneous topics (eg. Internet)

     There are about 6200 references in total, although the  biggest  file
     by  far  is  theory.bib,  which  is  not  directly related to EC. The
     references are in BibTeX format. The files are available by FTP  from
     ftp.dcs.warwick.ac.uk:/pub/gaphd/Bibliographies/   or   by  WWW  from
     http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/~martyn/ga.html

 Genetic Programming Bibliography
     A collection of Genetic Programming references (and other  tools)  is
     maintained  by Bill Langdon <W.Langdon@cs.ucl.ac.uk> and is available
     via anonymous ftp from cs.ucl.ac.uk:/genetic/biblio/

 Evolutionary Models in the Social Sciences
     Edmund    Chattoe    <econec@vax.ox.ac.uk>    has    set     up     a
     bibliorgraphy/mailing  list  on  Evolutionary Models In Economics and
     the Social Sciences.  You can subscribe to  the  list  by  sending  a
     message   with   the  string  "subs-list"  in  the  subject  line  to
     <econec@black.ox.ac.uk>. The latest copy of the EMSS bibliography and
     some   accompanying   notes   can   be   retrieved   from  this  site
     automatically.

 GAs and Economics
     Bernard   Manderick   <manderic@cs.few.eur.nl>   has    compiled    a
     bibliography  on  the use of GAs in economics, and this was published
     in GA-Digest, v7n4 (with some followup  comments  in  v7n5  &  v7n7).
     This       can       be       retrieved       by       FTP       from
     ftp.aic.nrl.navy.mil:/pub/galist/digests/v7n4 (see Q15.1).

 GAs in Control
     Carlos  Fonseca   <fonseca@acse.sheffield.ac.uk>   has   compiled   a
     bibliography  of  about  50  references on GAs in Control, and it was
     published in GA-Digest, v7n18. This can  be  retrieved  by  FTP  from
     ftp.aic.nrl.navy.mil:/pub/galist/digests/v7n18 (see Q15.1).


 Parallel GAs
     A   parallel   GA   bibliography   is   available   via   ftp   from:
     unix.hensa.ac.uk:/pub/parallel/faqs/parallel-genetic-algorithms

     Andreas Uhl <uhl@wst.wst.edvz.sbg.ac.at> has also compiled a parallel
     GA  bibliography  with  about  80 entries. It is available by WWW in:
     http://www.mat.sbg.ac.at/~uhl/GA.html

 Genetic Programming
     John  Koza   <koza@CS.Stanford.EDU>   has   compiled   an   annotated
     bibliography  on  GP,  and  about 60 references were published in GA-
     Digest,   v7n30.   This   can    be    retrieved    by    FTP    from
     ftp.aic.nrl.navy.mil:/pub/galist/digests/v7n30  or  from  ENCORE (See
     Q15.3) in file refs/gp-ref.gz

 GAs and protein folding
     Melanie Mitchell <mm@santafe.edu > has  compiled  a  bibliography  of
     about 40 references on this topic, and it was published in GA-Digest,
     v7n33.     This     can     be     retrieved     by     FTP      from
     ftp.aic.nrl.navy.mil:/pub/galist/digests/v7n33 (see Q15.1).

 GAs in Image Processing and Computer Vision
     Kyeongmo Park <kpark@cs.gmu.edu> has compiled a bibliography of about
     20 references on this topic,  and  it  was  published  in  GA-Digest,
     v8n10.      This     can     be     retrieved     by     FTP     from
     ftp.aic.nrl.navy.mil:/pub/galist/digests/v8n10 (see Q15.1).

 Masters and PhD theses
     Richard K. Belew has  collected  information  on  approximately  2600
     Masters  and  Ph.D.  theses,  nominally in the area of AI. The entire
     list   (about   170KB)   is   available   for   anonymous   FTP   at:
     cs.ucsd.edu:/pub/rik/aigen.rpt Questions, suggestions, additions etc.
     to <rik@cs.ucsd.edu>.

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Subject: Q10.9: Videos?

     Sims,  K.  (1990)  "Panspermia",  ACM  Sigraph  Review.  Order   form
     available                 by                 FTP                 from
     siggraph.org:/publications/video_review/order_blank  Look   in   that
     directory  for  other  useful information.  Note that "Panspermia" is
     Item 23 of Issue 62 of the "SIGGRAPH Video Review".

     Langton, C.G. (ed) (1992) "Artificial Life II Video Proceedings"  The
     Advanced  Book  Program  of  the  Santa  Fe Institute: Studies in the
     Sciences of Complexity, Addison Wesley, ISBN 0-201-55492-5. [ALIFEII-
     V]:

     Koza,  J.R.  &  Rice,  J.P.  (1992) "Genetic Programming: The Movie",
     Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. See GP-faq for an order form. (see Q15)

     The Santa Fe Institute has produced  a  thirteen  minute  promotional
     video,  which  includes  a  five minute segment discussing the Tierra
     research project, illustrated with  a  very  high  quality  animation
     produced  by the Anti Gravity Workshop in Santa Monica, CA. To obtain
     the video, contact the Santa Fe Institute at:  1660 Old Pecos  Trail,
     Suite  A,  Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico  87501  (Tel:  505-984-8800,  Fax:
     505-982-0565, Net: <email@santafe.edu>) or  contact  Linda  Feferman:
     <fef@santafe.edu> or <0005851689@mcimail.com>

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Subject: Q10.10: CD-ROMs?


  PTF for AI by CMU
     Carnegie Mellon University is establishing an Artificial Intelligence
     Repository  to  contain  public  domain  and   freely   distributable
     software,  publications,  and  other  materials  of  interest  to  AI
     researchers, educators, and  students.  The  AI  Repository  will  be
     accessible  by  anonymous  FTP  and  Andrew File System (AFS) without
     charge (See Q15.3).  The contents of  the  repository  will  also  be
     published  by  Prime  Time  Freeware  as  an  inexpensive mixed-media
     (Book/CD-ROM) publication.

     For your information, here is a precis of the CD-ROM:

     PTF for AI is a periodic collection of  AI-related  source  code  and
     documentation.   PTF for AI in no way modifies the legal restrictions
     on any package it includes.  The  first  issue  (1-1;  Summer,  1993)
     consisted  of  an  ISO-9660  CD-ROM  bound into a ~100 page book.  It
     contained ~600  MB  of  gzipped  archives  (2+  GB  uncompressed  and
     unpacked).  Cost: $60 US.

     For  more  information  contact:  Mark  Kantrowitz, Archivist, CMU AI
     Repository, Editor, PTF for AI.  Net:  <mkant+repository@cs.cmu.edu>,
     Tel: +1 412-268-2582, Fax: +1 412-681-5739.

  AI CD-ROM by NCC
     Network  Cybernetics  Corporation  is  now shipping the second annual
     revision of their  popular  AI  CD-ROM,  an  ISO-9660  format  CD-ROM
     containing  a  wide  assortment  of  information on AI, Robotics, and
     other advanced machine technologies. The AI CD-ROM contains thousands
     of  programs,  source  code  collections, tutorials, research papers,
     Internet journals, and other resources. The  topics  covered  include
     artificial  intelligence, artificial life, robotics, virtual reality,
     and many related fields. Programs for  OS/2,  DOS,  Macintosh,  UNIX,
     Amiga,  and other platforms can be found on the disc.  The files have
     been  collected  from  civilian  and  government  research   centers,
     universities,  Internet archive sites, BBS systems and other sources.
     The CD-ROM is updated annually to keep it  current  with  the  latest
     trends  and developments in advanced machine technologies such as AI.
     The AI CD-ROM Rev. 1 was a "CD-ROM professional consumer disk product
     of  the  year  award"  finalist and has received good reviews in many
     magazines including  Byte  (Jerry  Pournelle,  March  '93)  and  IEEE
     Computer (J. Zalewski, July '93), CD-ROM Professional and others.

     For  people  wanting  to see a complete listing of the CD's contents,
     look for the file AICDROM2.ZIP at an ftp site near you.  The file  is
     also  available from the Compuserve AI forum, and the NCC dial-up BBS
     at 214-258-1832. It contains the file listing, this press release,  a
     couple   of   magazine  reviews  of  the  disc,  and  other  assorted
     information.

     Inquiries to: Network Cybernetics  Corporation,  4201  Wingren  Road,
     Suite  202,  Irving,  TX  75062-2763,  USA  (Fax:  214-650-1929, Net:
     <orders@ncc.com>)

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Subject: Q10.11: How do I get a copy of a dissertation?

     All US American dissertations are available  from:  UMI  Dissertation
     Information  Service,  University  Microfilms International, A Bell &
     Howell Information Company, 300 N. Zeeb  Road,  Ann  Arbor,  Michigan
     48106, USA.  Tel.: 800-521-0600, or +1 (313) 761-4700



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Subject: Q11: What EC related journals and magazines are there?

     [eds  note:  comments  on  speed of reviewing and publishing, whether
     they accept LaTeX/TeX format or ASCII by e-mail, etc. are welcome]

 1. Dedicated EC Journals:
  Evolutionary Computation
     Published quarterly  by:  MIT  Press  Journals,  55  Hayward  Street,
     Cambridge,  MA  02142-1399,  USA.  Tel:  (617)  253-2889,  Fax: (617)
     258-6779, <journals-orders@mit.edu>

     Along with the explosive growth of the computing  industry  has  come
     the  need  to  design  systems  capable  of  functioning  in complex,
     changing ENVIRONMENTs.  Considerable effort is  underway  to  explore
     alternative  approaches  to  designing  more  robust computer systems
     capable of learning from and adapting to  the  environment  in  which
     they operate.

     One broad class of such techniques takes its inspiration from natural
     systems  with  particular  emphasis   on   evolutionary   models   of
     computation  such  as GAs, ESs.  CFS, and EP.  Until now, information
     on these techniques has been widely spread over numerous disciplines,
     conferences, and journals.  [eds note: The editorial board reads like
     a who-is-who in EC.]  For paper e-mail submission,  use  one  of  the
     following addresses:

     o  America:       John Grefenstette <gref@aic.nrl.navy.mil>

     o  Europe:        Heinz Muehlenbein <heinz.muehlenbein@gmd.de>

     o  Asia:          Hiroaki Kitano <kitano@csl.sony.co.jp>

     o  Ed-in-chief:   Ken De Jong <kdejong@aic.gmu.edu>

     Please  note,  that  submissions  should  be  sent to one of the sub-
     editors.   Grefenstette  and  Kitano  accept  LaTeX   or   PostScript
     submissions.

  BioSystems
     Journal  of  Biological and Information Processing Sciences, Elsevier
     Science  Publishers,  P.O.  Box  1527,   1000   BM   Amsterdam,   The
     Netherlands.

     BioSystems  encourages  experimental,  computational, and theoretical
     articles  that  link  biology,   evolutionary   thinking,   and   the
     information  processing  sciences.  The link areas form a circle that
     encompasses  the  fundamental  nature   of   biological   information
     processing,  computational  modeling  of  complex biological systems,
     evolutionary models of computation,  the  application  of  biological
     principles  to  the design of novel computing systems, and the use of
     biomolecular materials to synthesize artificial systems that  capture
     essential principles of natural biological information processing.

     Topics:  Molecular  EVOLUTION:  Self-organizing  and self-replicating
     systems, Origin and evolution of the  genetic  mechanism;  Biological
     Information  Processing:   Molecular  recognition,  Cellular control,
     Neuromuscular computing, Biological adaptability, Molecular computing
     technologies;    EVOLUTIONARY    SYSTEMS:   Stochastic   evolutionary
     algorithms, Evolutionary  OPTIMIZATION,  SIMULATION  of  genetic  and
     ecological  systems,  Applications  (neural  nets,  machine learning,
     robotics))

 2. Related Journals:
  Complex Systems
     Published by: Complex Systems  Publications,  Inc.,  P.O.  Box  6149,
     Champaign, IL 61821-8149, USA.
     Complex  Systems  devotes to the rapid publication of research on the
     science,  mathematics,  and  engineering  of  systems   with   simple
     components   but   complex   overall   behavior.   Try  finger(1)  on
     <jcs@wri.com> for additional info.

  Machine Learning
     Published by:  Kluwer  Academic  Publishers,  P.O.  Box  358,  Accord
     Station, Hingham, MA 02018-0358 USA.

     Machine   Learning   is   an  international  forum  for  research  on
     computational approaches to learning. The journal publishes  articles
     reporting  substantive  research  results on a wide range of learning
     methods applied to a variety of task domains. The  ideal  paper  will
     make   a   theoretical   contribution   supported   by   a   computer
     implementation.

     The journal  has  published  many  key  papers  in  learning  theory,
     reinforcement  learning,  and  decision  tree  methods.   The journal
     regularly publishes special issues devoted to GAs and CFS as well.

  Adaptive Behavior
     Published quarterly by: MIT Press Journals, details above.

     Broadly, behavior is adaptive if it deals successfully  with  changes
     circumstances.   For   example,   when   surprised,  a  hungry  --but
     environmentally informed-- mouse  may  dart  for  cover  rather  than
     another piece of cheese. Similarly, a tripped-up ROBOT [eds note: not
     necessarily built by Sirius Cybernetics Corp.]  could get back on its
     feet  and  accomplish a moonrock-finding mission if it had learned to
     cope with unanticipated lunar potholes.

     Adaptive Behavior thus takes an approach complementary to traditional
     AI.   Now basic abilities that allow animals to survive, or ROBOTs to
     perform their mission in unpredictable ENVIRONMENTs, will be  studied
     in preference to more elaborate and human-specific abilities.

     The  journal  also  aims  to  investigate  which  new  insights  into
     intelligence and cognition can be achieved by explicitly taking  into
     account  the  ENVIRONMENT  feedback  --mediated by behavior-- that an
     animal or  a  ROBOT  receives,  instead  of  studying  components  of
     intelligence in isolation.

     Topics:  INDIVIDUAL  and  Collective  Behavior.  Neural Correlates of
     Behavior. Perception  and  Motor  Control.  Motivation  and  Emotion.
     Action  SELECTION  and  Behavioral  Sequences. Internal World Models.
     Ontogeny, Learning, and EVOLUTION.  Characterization of ENVIRONMENTs.

  Artificial Life
     Published quarterly by: MIT Press Journals, details above.

     Artificial  Life  is  intended  to  be  the  primary  forum  for  the
     dissemination of scientific and engineering research in the field  of
     ARTIFICIAL  LIFE.   It will report on synthetic biological work being
     carried out in any and all media,  from  the  familiar  "wetware"  of
     organic chemistry, through the inorganic "hardware" of mobile ROBOTs,
     all the way to the virtual "software" residing inside computers.

     Research topics ranging  from  the  fabrication  of  self-replicating
     molecules  to  the study of evolving POPULATIONs of computer programs
     will be included.

     There will also be occasional issues devoted to special topics,  such
     as  L-Systems,  GENETIC  ALGORITHMs, in-vitro EVOLUTION of molecules,
     artificial cells, computer viruses, and many social and philosophical
     issues arising from the attempt to synthesize life artificially.

     [eds note: The editorial board reads like a who-is-who in ALIFE]

  Evolutionary Economics
     Published  quarterly  by:  Springer-Verlag  New  York,  Inc., Service
     Center Secaucus, 44 Hartz Way, Secaucus, NJ 07094, USA.   Tel:  (201)
     348-4033, Fax: (201) 348-4505.

     Evolutionary  Economics  aims to provide an international forum for a
     new approach to economics.  Following  the  tradition  of  Joseph  A.
     Schlumpeter,  it  is  designed  to focus on original research with an
     evolutionary conception of the economy.   The  journal  will  publish
     articles  with  strong  emphasis  on  dynamics,  changing  structures
     (including technologies, institutions, beliefs, imitation, etc.).  It
     favors  interdisciplinary  analysis  and  is  devoted to theoretical,
     methodological and applied work.

     Research  areas  include:  industrial  dynamics;  multi-sectoral  and
     cross-country   studies   of   productivity;   innovations   and  new
     technologies; dynamic competition and structural change in a national
     and  international  context;  causes  and  effects  of technological,
     political and social changes; cyclic processes in economic EVOLUTION;
     the  role of governments in a dynamic world; modeling complex dynamic
     economic systems; application of concepts, such as self-organization,
     bifurcation, and chaos theory to economics; evolutionary games.

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Subject: Q12: What are the important conferences/proceedings on EC?

 1. Dedicated EC Conferences:
  ICGA: International Conference on Genetic Algorithms
     Major  international conference held in North America in odd-numbered
     years. Covers all aspects  of  EVOLUTIONARY  COMPUTATION.   The  1995
     conference  will  be  held  at  the  University of Pittsburgh on July
     15--20.       Details       are       in       GA-Digest       v8n32,
     ftp.aic.nrl.navy.mil:/pub/galist/digests/v8n32
      .  Further  details from Larry Eshelman <lje@philabs.philips.com> or
     from http://www.aic.nrl.navy.mil/galist/icga95

     Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Genetic Algorithms
     (1985)  J.J.  Grefenstette  (ed) [ICGA85]: and Proc. of the 2nd Int'l
     Conf. on Genetic Algorithms (1987) J.J. Grefenstette  (ed)  [ICGA87]:
     available  from  Lawrence  Erlbaum  Associates,  Inc.,  365 Broadway,
     Hillsdale, New Jersey, 07642, (800) 926-6579.

     Proc. of the 3rd  Int'l  Conf.  on  Genetic  Algorithms  (1989)  J.D.
     Schaffer  (ed)  [ICGA89]: and Proc. of the 4th Int'l Conf. on Genetic
     Algorithms (1991) R.K. Belew and  L.B.  Booker  (eds)  [ICGA91]:  and
     Proc.  of the 5th Int'l Conf. on Genetic Algorithms (1993) S. Forrest
     (ed) [ICGA93]: available from Morgan Kaufmann Publishers,  Inc.,  San
     Francisco (415-392-2665). <morgan@unix.sri.com>

  FOGA: Foundations of Genetic Algorithms
     Major  international  workshop focusing on theoretical aspects of EC,
     that's usually limited to some 50 participants and is held  somewhere
     in North America.

     FOGA  3  took  place  from July 30 to August 3 in 1994.  Enquires to:
     Darrell  Whitley,  Dept.  of  CS,  Colorado  State  University,  Fort
     Collins, CO 80523.  <whitley@cs.colostate.edu>

     Foundations   of   Genetic  Algorithms  (1991)  G.J.E.  Rawlins  (ed)
     [FOGA91]: and Foundations of Genetic Algorithms 2 (1993) L.D. Whitley
     [FOGA93]:  available  from  Morgan  Kaufmann  Publishers,  Inc.,  San
     Francisco (415-392-2665). <morgan@unix.sri.com>

  PPSN: Parallel Problem Solving from Nature
     Major international conference held in Europe in even-numbered years.
     Covers  all aspects of problem solving inspired by natural processes.
     The 1994 conference was held in Israel, October  9-14.   For  details
     contact Yuval Davidor <yuval@weizmann.ac.il>.

     Parallel  Problem  Solving  from Nature, (1990) H.-P. Schwefel and R.
     Maenner (eds) [PPSN90]: published by Springer-Verlag, 175 5th Avenue,
     New  York,  NY, 10010, (212) 460-1500.  Parallel Problem Solving from
     Nature 2,  (1992)  R.  Maenner  and  B.   Manderick  (eds)  [PPSN92]:
     published   by   North-Holland,  Elsevier  Science  Publishers,  Sara
     Burgerhartstraat  25,  P.O.  Box  211,   1000   AE   Amsterdam,   The
     Netherlands.   Parallel  Problem  Solving  from  Nature  3, (1994) Y.
     Davidor, [PPSN94]:

  EP: Annual Conference on Evolutionary Programming
     Major international annual conference held in  San  Diego,  CA,  USA.
     Covers  all  aspects of EC with emphasis on EP related research.  The
     1995 conference was held on March 1-4.   For  details  contact  David
     Fogel <fogel@sunshine.ucsd.edu>.

     Proceedings of the 1st Annual Conference on Evolutionary Programming,
     (1992) D.B. Fogel and W. Atmar (eds), [EP92]:, and Proc. of  the  2nd
     Annual  Conf.  on  Evolutionary Programming, (1993) D.B. Fogel and W.
     Atmar  (eds),  [EP93]:  published  by  the  Evolutionary  Programming
     Society,  9363  Towne  Centre  Dr.,  San  Diego, CA 92121, Attn: Bill
     Porto,  Treasurer  (cf  Q13).   Proceedings  of  the   Third   Annual
     Conference  on  Evolutionary Programming, (1994) A.V. Sebald and L.J.
     Fogel (eds), [EP94]:, World Scientific Publishers, River Edge, NJ.

  ICEC: IEEE Conference on Evolutionary Computation
     Major international conference covering all aspects of EC.  The first
     took  place  in  June  1994  at  the  World Congress on Computational
     Intelligence, Florida.  The second is on  29  Nov.--1  Dec.  1995  in
     Perth, Australia. Details from <ec95@ee.uwa.edu.au> .

     Proceedings  of  the 1st IEEE Conference on Evolutionary Computation,
     (1994) D.B. Fogel (ed.) (2 Volumes).  Published  by  IEEE,  445  Hoes
     Lane,  PO  Box  1331,  Piscataway,  NJ  08855-1331.  Also, talks from
     invited  speakers  are  published  in   "Computational   Intelligence
     Imitating  Life" (1994) J.M. Zurada, R.J. Marks, C.J. Robinson (eds),
     IEEE.

 2. Related Conferences:
  Alife: International Conference on Artificial Life
     Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on  ARTIFICIAL  LIFE,
     (1989)  C.G. Langton (ed), Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences
     of Complexity, Proc. Vol. VI, [ALIFEI]: and Proc. of  the  2nd  Int'l
     Conf. on Artificial Life II, (1992) C.G. Langton, C. Taylor, J. Doyne
     Farmer and S. Rasmussen (eds), Santa  Fe  Institute  Studies  in  the
     Sciences of Complexity, Proc. Vol. X, [ALIFEII]: and Proc. of the 3rd
     Int'l Conf.  on  Artificial  Life  III,  (1993)  C.G.  Langton  (ed),
     [ALIFEIII]: published by Addison Wesley, Redwood City, CA, USA.

     ARTIFICIAL  LIFE  IV,  was  organized  by  Rodney Brooks, MIT AI Lab,
     <alife@ai.mit.edu> and held on July 6-8, 1994. Proceedings edited  by
     R. Brooks and P. Maes. [ALIFEIV]:


  ECAL: European Conference on Artificial Life
     Proceedings of the 1st European Conference on ARTIFICIAL LIFE, (1991)
     F.J. Varela and P. Bourgine (eds), [ECAL91]: and  Proc.  of  the  2nd
     European  Conf.  on  ALIFE:  Self-organization  and life, from simple
     rules to  global  complexity,  (1993),  (?  eds)  (?  pub)  [ECAL93]:
     published by MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, USA.

  ECML: European Conference on Machine Learning
     Machine  Learning: ECML-93, Proc. European Conf. on Machine Learning,
     (1993) P.B. Brazil (ed), [ECML93]: published by Springer,  New  York,
     NY, USA.

  SAB: International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior
     From  Animals  to  Animats.  Proceedings  of  the  1st  International
     Conference on SIMULATION of Adaptive Behavior, (1991) [SAB90]:  J.-A.
     Meyer and S.W. Wilson, ISBN 0-262-63138-5, and Proc. of the 2nd Int'l
     Conf. on Simulation of  Adaptive  Behavior,  (1993)  [SAB92]:,  J.-A.
     Meyer,  H.  Roitblat and S.W. Wilson (eds) and Proc. of the 3rd Int'l
     Conf. on Simulation of  Adaptive  Behavior,  [SAB94]:,  P.  Husbands,
     J.-A.  Meyer and S.W. Wilson (eds) published by MIT Press, Cambridge,
     MA, USA.

     SAB94 took place on August 8-12, 1994 in Brighton, UK.

 3. Pointers to upcoming Conferences:
  The Genetic Algorithm Digest
     Aka "GA-Digest" always starts with a "Calendar of GA-related Events,"
     i.e.   a list of upcoming conferences, covering the complete field of
     EAs. (cf Q15)

  The Artificial Life Digest
     Aka "Alife digest" always starts with a  "Calendar  of  Alife-related
     Events," that lists conferences, workshops, etc. (cf Q15)

  The Evolutionary Programming Digest
     Aka   "EP-digest"  doesn't  list  conferences  explicitly,  like  the
     previously mentioned ones, but carries most CFP's; that can be looked
     at   in   the   backissues   folder  as:  magenta.me.fau.edu:/pub/ep-
     list/digest/vX.YYY.Z (cf Q15)


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Subject: Q13: What Evolutionary Computation Associations exist?

  ISGA: International Society on Genetic Algorithms
     The  ISGA  is  a  mostly  fascinating   society:  it  neither  has  a
     membership  fee  (which  makes  it  even  more  fascinating),  nor an
     address. However,  ISGA  meetings  usually  take  place  during  ICGA
     conferences,  in  so-called  business  meetings  (BMs). [eds note: So
     during a conference, ask for BMs, if you want to join; or be ready to
     dart out of the room if you don't...]

  EPS: Evolutionary Programming Society
     Membership is $40/year ($10/year for students with id) and also gives
     you a discounted registration at the annual conference. You can  also
     order EP proceedings ($30/members, $45/other) from EPS.

     Address: EVOLUTIONARY PROGRAMMING Society, 9363 Towne Centre Dr., San
     Diego, CA 92121, Attn: Bill Porto, Treasurer.

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Subject: Q14: What Technical Reports are available?

     Technical reports are informally published, unrefereed papers  giving
     up-to-date  information  on  what is going on at research institutes.
     Many later  go  on  to  be  formally  published  in  journals  or  at
     conferences.

 TCGA Reports
     The  Clearing  House  for  Genetic  Algorithms (TCGA) at the Univ. of
     Alabama (Tuscaloosa) distributes TCGA technical reports. A number  of
     these  are  now available in compressed Postscript form via FTP from:
     aramis.cs.ua.edu:/pub/tech-reports/
      . Read the file README first.

     Contact:  Robert  Elliott  Smith,  Department   of   Engineering   of
     Mechanics,  Room  210  Hardaway Hall, The University of Alabama, P.O.
     Box  870278,  Tuscaloosa,  AL  35487,  USA.   Tel:  (205)   348-1618,
     <rob@comec4.mh.ua.edu>, or Dr. Ron Sun <rsun@athos.cs.ua.edu>

 IlliGAL Reports
     The   Illinois  Genetic  Algorithms  Laboratory  distributes  IlliGAL
     technical reports, as well as reprints of  other  publications;  they
     are available in hardcopy and can be ordered from: IlliGAL Librarian,
     Department of General Engineering, 117 Transportation  Building,  104
     South     Mathews     Avenue,    Urbana,    IL    61801-2996,    USA.
     <library@gal1.ge.uiuc.edu>

     NOTE: When ordering, please include your surface mail address!

     IlliGAL also have  an  anonymous-FTP  server,  holding  most  of  the
     existing  IlliGAL reports, at: gal4.ge.uiuc.edu:/pub/papers/IlliGALs/
     There is also a WWW home page with a complete list, order  form,  and
     other information at: ftp://gal4.ge.uiuc.edu:/illigal.home.html

 SyS Reports
     The  Systems  Analysis  Research  Group  (SyS)  at  the University of
     Dortmund,   maintains   an   experimental   anonymous   FTP   server:
     lumpi.informatik.uni-dortmund.de:/pub/
      .  On  lumpi  you  can find SyS-Reports from 1992 on. (Get "/pub/ls-
     Ral.Z" and look for "papers" folders, the  server  is  sorted  by  EA
     paradigms,  i.e.  "/pub/GA/papers"  contains  papers  related to GAs,
     etc.).  A strongly recommended, and quarterly updated,  report  is  a
     list   of   current   applications   of   GAs,   EP   and   ESs;  get
     "/pub/EA/papers/ea-app.ps.gz" (SyS-2/92).

 Bionics Reports
     The Bionics and EVOLUTION  Techniques  Laboratory  at  the  Technical
     University   of  Berlin  maintains  an  anonymous  FTP  server:  ftp-
     bionik.fb10.tu-berlin.de:/pub/
      .  On  ftp-bionik  you  find  reports  and  software,   related   to
     Evolutionary Algorithms and Artificial Neural Networks.

 University College London Reports
     A  number  of GENETIC ALGORITHM reports produced by UCL are available
     via  anonymous  FTP  at  cs.ucl.ac.uk:/genetic/papers/  Abstracts  of
     others can be obtained via WWW at http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/rns/

 Other Sources of Reports
     Reports  are also available from some of the sources listed in Q15.1,
     Q15.2 and Q15.3.


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Subject: Q15: What information is available over the net?

     A whole lot of information  is  available  "electronically"  via  the
     internet,  accessible  using  e-mail or (more easily) FTP.  There are
     electronic digests (see Q15.1), electronic mailing lists (see Q15.2),
     online  FTP  repositories (see Q15.3), and various USENET news groups
     (see Q15.4).

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Subject: Q15.1: What digests are there?

     Digests are regulated, moderated, information sources in  which  many
     contributions  are  combined  together  before  being  posted  out to
     subscribers, usually on a regular basis (eg. weekly).  Mailing  lists
     are listed in Q15.2.

 Genetic Algorithm Digest
     The  GA  research  community exchanges news, CFP's, etc. through this
     (approximately weekly) digest, currently  moderated  by  Bill  Spears
     (formerly  by  Connie  Ramsey  and by Alan C. Schultz, Naval Research
     Laboratory, Washington, DC).

     A statistic published in v7,i3 stated  that  GA-digest  is  sent  out
     world-wide  to  1800  addresses  in  28 countries. The digest is also
     posted to the comp.ai.genetic newsgroup.

     o  Send administrative requests to <ga-list-REQUEST@aic.nrl.navy.mil>

     o  The   anonymous   FTP  archive:  ftp.aic.nrl.navy.mil:/pub/galist/
	contains  back  issues,  GA-code,  conference  announcements   (in
	"/pub/galist/information/conferences")   and  many  other  things.
	Info in "/pub/galist/FTP".

     o  The archive may also  be  accessed  via  the  World  Wide  Web  at
	http://www.aic.nrl.navy.mil/galist  Also,  links are given to many
	interesting sites  around  the  World  with  material  related  to
	EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION.

 Artificial Life Digest
     The ALIFE research community exchanges news, CFP's, etc. through this
     digest, edited by Liane Gabora and Rob Collins of the ARTIFICIAL LIFE
     Research Group at UCLA.

     o  Send administrative requests to <alife-REQUEST@cognet.ucla.edu>

     o  Anonymous FTP archive: ftp.cognet.ucla.edu:/pub/alife/

 Evolutionary Programming Digest
     The  digest  is  intended  to  promote discussions on a wide range of
     technical issues in evolutionary OPTIMIZATION,  as  well  as  provide
     information   on  upcoming  conferences,  events,  journals,  special
     issues, and other items of interest to the EP community.  Discussions
     on  all  areas  of  EVOLUTIONARY  COMPUTATION are welcomed, including
     ARTIFICIAL LIFE, EVOLUTION STRATEGIEs, and GENETIC  ALGORITHMs.   The
     digest  is meant to encourage interdisciplinary communications.  Your
     suggestions and comments regarding the digest are always welcome.

     To   subscribe   to   the   digest,   send    mail    to    <ep-list-
     REQUEST@magenta.me.fau.edu>  and include the line "subscribe ep-list"
     in the body of the  text.   Further  instructions  will  follow  your
     subscription.   The  digest  is  moderated  by  N. Saravan of Florida
     Atlantic University.

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Subject: Q15.2: What mailing lists are there?

     Mailing lists are unregulated, unmoderated,  information  sources  in
     which  messages sent in by subscribers are posted out immediately and
     individually to all other subscribers. Digests are listed in Q15.1.
 Genetic Programming Mailing List
     The GP community uses this list as a discussion forum, news  exchange
     and FAQ distribution channel, overseen by John Koza and James Rice at
     Stanford.

     o  Admin requests: <genetic-programming-REQUEST@cs.stanford.edu>

     o  The   anonymous   FTP   archive:   ftp.cc.utexas.edu:/pub/genetic-
	programming/  includes  a lengthy, but "mostly interesting" FAQ by
	James Rice on GP related subjects. A HTML  version  is  accessible
	at:

 Tierra Mailing List
     Thomas  Ray's Tierra is discussed elsewhere (see Q4.1); here's how to
     obtain Tierra electronically and get in contact with other users.

     o  Admin requests: <tierra-REQUEST@life.slhs.udel.edu>

     o  Anonymous FTP archive: tierra.slhs.udel.edu:/pub/ (tierra, almond,
	beagle, etc.)

 GA-Molecule mailing list
     o  Admin details: <ga-molecule-request@tammy.harvard.edu>

 UK's Evolutionary-Computation mailing list
     o  Admin details: <evolutionary-computing-request@mailbase.ac.uk>

 GEnetic Algorithm Research Student mailing list
     Provides   a  forum  for  research  students  interested  in  GENETIC
     ALGORITHMs.

     o  Admin requests: <gaphd-list-request@dcs.warwick.ac.uk>

 GANN: Genetic Algorithms and Neural Networks
     This list will focus on the use of evolutionary  algorithms  (GENETIC
     ALGORITHMs,   GENETIC   PROGRAMMING   and   their  variants)  in  the
     EXPLORATION of  the  design  space  of  (artificial)  neural  network
     architectures  and  algorithms.   The  list will be semi-moderated to
     keep the signal to noise ratio as high as possible.  (This  list  was
     formerly known as the neuro-evolution e-mail list.)

     o  Admin requests/enquiries: gann-request@cs.iastate.edu

     o  Subscription   requests   to   the  admin  address  with  Subject:
	subscribe

 gattbl: Timetabling mailing list
     This group is for people using GAs and other techniques for  exam  or
     course scheduling for academic institutions. To subscribe, send email
     to <ttp-request@cs.nott.ac.uk>.

 Evolutionary Models in the Social Sciences
     See Q10.8 for details.

 Genetic Algorithms in Production Scheduling
     The GASched list is for discussion of the use of  GENETIC  ALGORITHMs
     on  Production Scheduling Problems (only).  Possible subjects for the
     list include:

     o  GAs for job-shop scheduling theory,

     o  GAs for practical problem solving in industry,

     o  problem representation within the GENETIC ALGORITHM,

     o  combinatorial optimisation techniques for scheduling problems,
     o  results & effects of GA-based systems working in industry,

     o  techniques for improving PERFORMANCE,

     o  problem data,

     or any other burning  issues  which  come  into  GAs  for  production
     scheduling.

     To  send  an  administration message (to subscribe, be removed, or if
     you have a question about the  list  rather  than  *for*  it),  email
     <gasched-owner@acse.sheffield.ac.uk>   with   your   name  and  email
     address, and you should hear back within a few days!


     There is an Autopoiesis Email List for the discussion of  the  theory
     of Autopoiesis of H. Maturana and F. Varela.  Autopoiesis means self-
     production and concerns self-organizing systems.

     To join send a  message  containing  the  text:  SUB  AUTOPOIESIS  to
     <listserv@think.net>

     To  see  what  other  systems and philosophy lists exist at this site
     send the message: HELP instead.

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Subject: Q15.3: What online information repositories are there?

     Many research institutes  have  online  repositories  of  information
     which  my  be  retrieved  using FTP or (increasingly), World Wide Web
     (WWW).

     NOTE: See also Q14 above.

 ENCORE
     ENCORE  (The  EvolutioNary  COmputation  REpository  network)  is   a
     collection of anonymous FTP servers providing a wealth of information
     in the  area  of  EC,  from  technical  reports,  copies  of  journal
     articles,  down  to  source  code  for various EAs.  ENCORE acts as a
     distributor of much material generated at  research  institutes  (and
     other places) which don't necessarily have their own FTP servers.

     Each  node  of  ENCORE  is  referred  to as an "EClair".  The default
     EClair node of ENCORE is at the Santa Fe Institute (USA):

     o  alife.santafe.edu:/pub/USER-AREA/EC/

     Other sites mirror the contents of the default node, and include: The
     Chinese University of Hong Kong:

     o  ftp.cs.cuhk.hk:/pub/EC/

     The University of Warwick (United Kingdom):

     o  ftp.dcs.warwick.ac.uk:/pub/mirrors/EC/

     EUnet Deutschland GmbH (Germany):

     o  ftp.Germany.EU.net:/pub/research/softcomp/EC/

     The California Institute of Technology:

     o  ftp.krl.caltech.edu:/pub/EC/

     Wayne State University, Detroit:
     o  ftp.cs.wayne.edu:/pub/EC/

     University of Cape Town, South Africa:

     o  ftp.uct.ac.za:/pub/mirrors/EC/

     The Michigan State University, East Lansing:
     o  ftp.egr.msu.edu:/pub/EC/

     Well  worth  getting is "The Navigator's Guide to ENCORE", a handbook
     to this service, in file:

     o  handbook/encore.ps.gz (A4 paper) or

     o  handbook/encore-US.ps.gz (US letter size paper).

     ENCORE is administered by Joerg Heitkoetter <joke@Germany.EU.net>.

 The Santa Fe Institute
     The Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences  of  Complexity  (SFI)
     issues   a   recommended  series:  SFI  Studies  in  the  Science  of
     Complexity, published by Addison Wesley and maintains  a  well-sorted
     FTP server with EC related material.

     o  Admin requests: <ftp@santafe.edu>

     o  Anonymous FTP archive: ftp.santafe.edu:/pub/
     Information  on  SUMMERSCHOOLs  held by the SFI can be obtained from:
     Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA.

 The Australian National University (ANU)
     The Bioinformatics facility at Australian National University has set
     up  an  anonymous  FTP  server,  that  contains  EC related material,
     maintained by David G. Green.

     o  Admin requests: <david.green@anu.edu.au>

     o  Anonymous FTP archive: life.anu.edu.au:/pub/complex_systems/alife/

     o  Gopher protocol: Besides direct access to all FTP information, the
	gopher server offers online access to relevant newsgroups,  online
	databases and direct links to relevant international services.

	Name=Complex   systems,   Host=life.anu.edu.au,  Type=1,  Port=70,
	Path=1/complex_systems.

     o  World Wide Web protocol: Besides access to all of the  above,  the
	hypermedia  server  offers  introductory  tutorials, preprints and
	papers    online.    The    URL    for     this     service     is
	http://life.anu.edu.au/complex_systems/complex.html  or  link  via
	the servers home page http://life.anu.edu.au/

 LGI laboratory, Grenoble, France
     Research into Parallel GENETIC ALGORITHMs: papers (technical reports,
     conference   and  journal  articles,  theses,  monographies,  etc...)
     written by members of the SYMPA team are available by FTP from

     o  imag.fr:/pub/SYMPA/

     Their adress is: SYMPA/LGI - Institut  IMAG,  BP  53  38041  Grenoble
     Cedex, FRANCE <muntean@imag.fr>

 The University of Alabama, Department of Computer Science
     A  number  of  papers  and  preprints  are  available  in  compressed
     Postscript form by FTP from the Univ. of  Alabama  (Tuscaloosa)  from
     aramis.cs.ua.edu:/pub/tech-reports/  The  naming convention for files
     is:  (author's last name).(journal name).ps .  Maintained by Dr.  Ron
     Sun <rsun@athos.cs.ua.edu>

 CMU Artificial Intelligence Repository
     Holds  more  than  a  gigabyte  of  software, publications, and other
     materials of interest to AI  researchers,  educators,  students,  and
     practitioners.   The  AI  Programming  Languages  and the AI Software
     Packages sections of the repository can be accessed in the lang/  and
     areas/ subdirectories. Other directories, which are in varying states
     of  completion,  are  events/  and  pubs/  (Publications,   including
     technical reports, books, mail/news archives).

     The  AI Programming Languages section includes directories for Common
     Lisp, Prolog, Scheme, Smalltalk,  and  other  AI-related  programming
     languages.   The AI Software Packages section includes subdirectories
     for:  alife/  (ARTIFICIAL  LIFE),  anneal/   (Simulated   Annealing),
     genetic/  (GENETIC  ALGORITHMs  etc.,  including  benchmarks and test
     problems) and many more.

     The AI Repository is accessible by FTP  at:  ftp.cs.cmu.edu:/user/ai/
     (Be  sure  to  read the files 0.doc and readme.txt in this directory)
     and          by          WWW          at           the           URL:
     http://www.cs.cmu.edu:8001/Web/Groups/AI/html/repository.html  It  is
     also available on CD-ROM (See Q10.10).

 The MSU Genetic Algorithms Research and Applications Group (GARAGe)
     GARAGe has a number of interesting projects, both in terms of GA  and
     GP   fundamental   research  and  in  GA/GP  applications  including:
     parallelization  of  GAs/GPs;  multiple  POPULATION  topologies   and
     interchange   methodologies;   scheduling   applications,   including
     sponsored research  on  job-floor  scheduling;  design  applications,
     including   sponsored   research   on   composite   material  design;
     configuration  applications,  particularly  physics  applications  of
     optimal  molecule  configurations  for  particular  systems  like C60
     (buckyballs) and others.

     Information on GARAGe research projects is available by  WWW  at  the
     URL: http://isl.cps.msu.edu/GA

 School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences, University of Sussex
     The   Evolutionary   and  Adaptive  Systems  Group  in  COGS  does  a
     significant amount of research in the area of GAs and Neural Networks
     and  modeling  the process of biological development. For purposes of
     artificial EVOLUTION, many at COGS see this as the major issue to  be
     tackled.   For  general  info about the group, consult the WWW server
     at: http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk:/lab/adapt/index.html

 The Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence
     The Navy Center  for  Applied  Research  in  ARTIFICIAL  INTELLIGENCE
     (NCARAI)  is  conducting  basic  research  in the analysis of GAs and
     other evolutionary algorithms.  GAs are being applied to the learning
     of   strategies  and  behaviors  for  autonomous  vehicles,  and  for
     adaptively testing complex systems such as vehicle controllers.   You
     will  find  description  of  projects,  researchers, and downloadable
     papers at  URL  http://www.aic.nrl.navy.mil/  in  addition  to  other
     information.   The  GA-digest  and the GENETIC ALGORITHMs Archive are
     maintained at NCARAI.  See Q15.1, "Genetic  Algorithms  Digest",  for
     more information.

 Case Western Reserve University
     A  WWW home page is available for the CWRU Autonomous Agents Research
     Group at: ftp://alpha.ces.cwru.edu/pub/agents/home.html

     The group, led by Randall Beer, conducts  interdisciplinary  research
     in  the  departments  of  Computer  Engineering and Science, Biology,
     Mechanical  Engineering,  and  Systems  Engineering.   This  research
     includes  work  in  evolutionary  algorithms,  mobile  robotics,  and
     computational biology.  The aim is to study the mechanisms  that  can
     produce adaptive behavior in animals and ROBOTs.

     Currently  available  are  Postscript  versions  of  a  number of our
     research papers (in particular, those  related  to  mobile  robotics,
     evolving  recurrent  neural  networks,  and  computational  models of
     development), an HTML version of a paper on computational development
     which  appeared  in  ALIFE  IV,  and images of the ROBOTs used in our
     research.

     Comments to <yamauchi@alpha.ces.cwru.edu>

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Subject: Q15.4: What relevant newsgroups and FAQs are there?

     Besides  the  obvious  comp.ai.genetic,  there   exist   some   other
     newsgroups that sometimes carry EC related topics:

     o  comp.ai (FAQ in news.answers, comp.answers)

     o  comp.ai.digest

     o  comp.ai.fuzzy (FAQ in news.answers, comp.answers)

     o  comp.ai.jair.announce (FAQ in news.answers, comp.answers)

     o  comp.ai.jair.papers  (PostScript  papers  of  the  Journal  of  AI
	Research, published by Morgan Kaufmann <morgan@unix.sri.com>) [eds
	note:  this  is  the  first journal that's completely published on
	USENET first, and later in paper form; read the  jair-faq,  that's
	posted  to  the  announcement group to find out how to submit your
	papers, get JAIR papers by FTP, Gopher or e-mail, etc.]

     o  comp.ai.neural-nets (FAQ in news.answers, comp.answers)

     o  comp.robotics (FAQ in news.answers, comp.answers)

     o  comp.theory.cell-automata (no FAQ)

     o  comp.theory.dynamic-sys (no FAQ)

     o  comp.theory.self-org-sys (no FAQ)

     o  sci.bio.evolution (no FAQ as such, but  there  is  an  archive  of
	interesting      material,      accessible      via     WWW     at
	http://www.cqs.washington.edu/~evolution )

     o  sci.math.num-analysis (some FAQs in news.answers, sci.answers)

     o  sci.op-research (some FAQs in news.answers, sci.answers)

     o  talk.origins (discusses origins  of  life,  EVOLUTION,  etc.   FTP
	repository  index  at  ics.uci.edu:/pub/origins/Index -- see Q10.7
	for more details.)


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Subject: Q15.5: What about all these Internet Services?

     The Internet supports a variety of on-line services, and a number  of
     tools  are  available  to  enable  people  to make good use of these,
     including:  telnet,  FTP,  gopher,  veronica,   archie,   Wide   Area
     Information Servers (WAIS), and the World-Wide Web (WWW).
     Information  about  using  Internet  is  available  from  a number of
     sources, many accesible on-line, via email or FTP.  For example,  the
     EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) publishes two guides for novices
     on all  the  Internet  has  to  offer,   by  Adam  Gaffin  and  Joerg
     Heitkoetter (see below). These are avaiable over the net.

     To receive a short guide to using anonymous FTP, send e-mail with the
     text "help" to <info@sunsite.unc.edu>.

     If you dont have FTP access, you can  retrieve  documents  using  the
     FTP-by-email  service.  The "ftpmail" service is installed on several
     sites to allow transmission of FTPable files from almost anywhere. To
     get  the  PostScript version of this FAQ from ENCORE, (See Q15.3) for
     example, send a message  to  (for  example)  <ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com>
     containing the lines:
	       reply <your-own-e-mail-address-here>
	       connect alife.santafe.edu
	       get pub/USER-AREA/EC/FAQ/hhgtec.ps.gz
	       quit
     where <your-e-mail-address> is e.g. foo@bar.edu

     FTPmail  sites  available  are listed below. Use one that is near you
     for best performance.

	 (USA)     <ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com>
		   <ftpmail@sunsite.unc.edu>
		   <bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu>

	 (Europe)  <bitftp@dearn> or to <bitftp@vm.gmd.de>
		   <ftpmail@ftp.uni-stuttgart.de>
		   <ftpmail@ftp.inf.tu-dresden.de>
		   <ftpmail@grasp.insa-lyon.fr>
		   <bitftp@plearn.edu.pl>
		   <ftpmail@doc.ic.ak.uk>

     Documents  from  the  archive  at  <rtfm.mit.edu>  can  be  retrieved
     similarly  by sending email to <mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu>, containing
     a message such as:

	  send usenet/news.answers/index
	  send usenet/news.answers/ai-faq/genetic/part1
	  quit

     References

     Kehoe, B.P. (1992) "Zen and the Art of  the  Internet:  A  Beginner's
     Guide  to the Internet", 2nd Edition (July). Prentice Hall, Englewood
     Cliffs, NJ. 112 pages. The 1st Edition, (February)  is  available  in
     PostScript format via anonymous FTP from ftp.cs.widener.edu: and many
     other Internet archives.

     Krol, E.  (1992)  "The  Whole  Internet:  Catalog  &  User's  Guide".
     O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., Sebastopol, CA. 376 pages.

     LaQuey, T. and J.C. Ryer (1992) "The Internet Companion: A Beginner's
     Guide to Global Networking". Addison-Wesley Publishing Co.,  Reading,
     MA. 208 pages.

     Smith,  Una  R.  (1993)  "A Biologist's Guide to Internet Resources."
     USENET sci.answers. ~45 pages. Available via  gopher,  anonymous  FTP
     and        e-mail        from        many        archives,        eg.
     rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet/sci.answers/biology/guide/part?

     Gaffin, A. (1994) "Everybody's Guide to the Internet."  Published  by
     the  EFF  and MIT Press. $14.95.  ISBN 9-780262-67105-7. This book is
     available in ASCII by sending e-mail  to  <netguide@eff.org>;  you'll
     receive  the  book  split  into  several pieces; for a more elaborate
     version of the guide see the following entry.



     Gaffin, A. with Heitkoetter, J. (1994) "EFF's (Extended) Guide to the
     Internet:  A  round trip through Global Networks, Life in Cyberspace,
     and  Everything...",  aka  `eegtti.texi'.  This  is  available   from
     ftp.eff.org:/pub/Net_info/Net_Guide/Other_versions/  (Texinfo, ASCII,
     HTML,  DVI  and  PostScript).  The  European  edition  is   kept   on
     ftp.germany.eu.net:/pub/books/eff-guide/  ~300  pages.  A README file
     gives more information.  The hypertext (HTML) version can be  browsed
     by  using  a  WWW  reader, such as mosaic, and opening a URL with the
     address: http://www.germany.eu.net:/books/eegtti/eegtti.html

     The EARN Association (May 1993) "A Guide to Network Resource  Tools",
     available  via  e-mail  from <listserv@EARNCC.bitnet>, by sending the
     message "get nettools ps" (PostScript) or "get nettools memo"  (plain
     text).


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