Teaching students to use genetic algorithms to solve optimization problems
Michelle Moore · Journal of computing sciences in colleges · 2001
Genetic Algorithms have been used to solve a wide variety of problems. They have proven to be of notable usefulness in solving optimization problems of all kinds. Because of this, I believe that Genetic Algorithms should be taught routinely in Algorithms and Algorithm Analysis classes. My experience has shown that adding instruction about the implementation of Genetic Algorithms enhances student understanding of approximation algorithms and does not take an unreasonable amount of time away from the other topics. SUN workstations supplied by National Science Foundation DUE-ILI grant #9651290 provided the computing environment used for the work reported here.