programming (GP) A programming technique which extends the
In GP, populations of programs are genetically bred to solve
problems. Genetic programming can solve problems of system
identification, classification, control, robotics,
Starting with a primordial ooze of hundreds or thousands of
randomly created programs composed of functions and terminals
appropriate to the problem, the population is progressively
evolved over a series of generations by applying the
operations of Darwinian fitness proportionate reproduction and
crossover (sexual recombination).
(1995-03-31)