A Field Guide to Genetic Programming

Riccardo Poli
Department of Computing and Electronic Systems
University of Essex - UK
rpoli@essex.ac.uk

William B. Langdon
Departments of Biological and Mathematical Sciences
University of Essex - UK
wlangdon@essex.ac.uk

Nicholas F. McPhee
Division of Science and Mathematics
University of Minnesota, Morris - USA
mcphee@morris.umn.edu

with contributions by
John R. Koza
Stanford University - USA
john@johnkoza.com

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