Genetic algorithms

Hi!
This is a presentation and handouts for introductionary lecture on evolutionary algorithms.

There are so many books and survey articles on the genetic algorithms and evolutionary optimization!

So, if you interested in appication of GA in control, I would like to recommend refer to article:
Evolutionary algorithms in control systems engineering: a survey

If you interested in design optimization by GA, the book "Optimization of Structural and Mechanical Systems, World Scientific Publishing, 2007" cover this topic quite well.
Or here good survey article:
A Survey of Structural Optimization in Mechanical Product Development