which includes a non-genetic local search to improve
genotypes. The term comes from the Richard Dawkin's term
One big difference between memes and genes is that memes are
processed and possibly improved by the people that hold them -
something that cannot happen to genes. It is this advantage
that the memetic algorithm has over simple genetic or
evolutionary algorithms.
These algorithms are useful in solving complex problems, such
the shortest path through a large number of nodes, or in
(07 July 1997)