Evolutionary computation

subfield of artificial intelligence

Embodied approach to artificial intelligence

self-replicating computer program that mutates and evolves

genetic algorithm for the generation of evolving artificial neural networks developed by Ken Stanley in 2002

family of stochastic optimization methods

thumb|Meta-optimization concept. Meta-optimization from numerical optimization is the use of one optimization method to tune another optimization method. Meta-optimization is reported to have been used as early as in the late 1970s by Mercer and Sampson for finding optimal parameter settings of a genetic algorithm.