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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.

     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.

     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

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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.

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

     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

     Peter   Wayner  (1991),  "Genetic  Algorithms:  Programming  takes  a
     valuable tip from nature", BYTE, January, 361--368.

     Goldberg, D. (1994), "Genetic and  Evolutionary  Algorithms  Come  of
     Age", Communications of the ACM, 47(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 (address and  phone  number
     below).
     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.

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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.csv.warwick.ac.uk/~csras/ga.html

 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
     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@spls26.ccs.mt.nec.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> .

     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.,  P.O.
     Box   50490,   Palo  Alto,  CA,  94303-9953,  (415)  578-9911.   Net:
     <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.,  P.O.  Box
     50490,     Palo     Alto,    CA,    94303-9953,    (415)    578-9911.
     <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 will be held in Israel  in  a  Kibbutz  close  to
     Jerusalem,   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]: (to be published)


  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
     1994  conference  was held in San Diego, February 24-25.  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)

  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)  distributes  TCGA
     technical reports.

     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, Fax:
     (205) 348-6419, Net: <rob@comec4.mh.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 ibnformation 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.

 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.

     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".

 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.

 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
     The neuro-evolution e-mail list has been restarted under the new name
     `gann'.  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.

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

     o  Subscription   requests   to   the  admin  address  with  Subject:
	subscribe

 Timetabling
     This group is for people using GAs for exam or course scheduling  for
     academic institutions, rather than manufacturing/job-shop scheduling.
     To  be  added  to   the   group,   send   email   to   Kirk   Jackson
     <ksj@tawny.cs.nott.ac.uk>.


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

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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.

     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/

     and The California Institute of Technology:

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

     Other nodes are planned. 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/

     Additionally,  you  can  telnet bbs.santafe.edu and login as "bbs" to
     get access to the Santa Fe Institute's bulletin  board  system.  It's
     administrator Scott D. Yelich <scott@santafe.edu> is actively seeking
     information on any complex system  information  for  the  BBS.   This
     includes  CAs,  GAs,  ALIFE  or  almost anything else related to this
     field. You will also find infos on SUMMERSCHOOLs held by the SFI.

 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).

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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.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)

     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-2.3.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> or <bitftp@plearn>
		   <ftpmail@ftp.inf.tu-dresden.de>
		   <ftpmail@ftp.uni-stuttgart.de>
		   <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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