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From: David.Beasley@cf.cm.ac.uk (David Beasley)
Subject: What's new in the FAQ? (A Guide to "the Guide")
Summary: Summary of changes made to the FAQ since its last edition.
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Last-Modified:  June 20, 1995
Issue:          3.2

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

There are only a few differences between v3.2 and the previous version.  All
are of a minor nature. Details of changes are given below. A few people
sent in some good suggestions for updates/new entries which, due to lack
of time, it has not been possible to include in this edition. They'll be
at the head of the queue for inclusion in the next edition!

Unfortunately, there were some problems with the first attempt to post
the FAQ out - and most sites only received part 1 of the FAQ. If you have
received this message, it probably means we now have our new news server
properly configured :-) Many apologies for the delay ...

The next edition is due out on September 20th, 1995. 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. 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 FAQ comes in 6 parts, with the following broad categories:

	1. Intro to the FAQ and the newsgroup		21k
	2. Descriptions of different types of EAs	52k
	3. Practice and theory				41k
	4. References and information sources		69k
	5. EA software packages				73k
	6. Other topics and glossary			61k

CHANGES

Q2:    Updated ftp address for gwdg.de
Q10.4: Updated ftp address for ralph.cm.cf.ac.
Q15.3: Added the Genetic Algorithms Group, George Mason University
     : Added Encore node at The University of Oviedo (Spain)
Q20.0, Q20.1: updated Art Corcoran's address
Q99:   Definition of Schema defining length corrected.


David Beasley     (david.beasley@cm.cf.ac.uk)
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University of Wales College of Cardiff                            \<, 
PO Box 916, CARDIFF   CF2 4YN, UK            ___________________()/ ()___ 
