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Memetic Algorithms

In: Search and Optimization by Metaheuristics

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  • Ke-Lin Du

    (Xonlink Inc
    Concordia University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering)

  • M. N. S. Swamy

    (Concordia University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering)

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The term meme was coined by Dawkins in 1976 in his book The Selfish Gene [7]. The sociological definition of a meme is the basic unit of cultural transmission or imitation. A meme is the social analog of genes for individuals. Universal Darwinism draws the analogy on the role of genes in genetic evolution to that of memes in a cultural evolutionary process [7]. The science of memetics [3] represents the mind-universe analog to genetics in cultural evolution, ranging the fields of anthropology, biology, cognition, psychology, sociology, and sociobiology. This chapter is dedicated to memetic and cultural algorithms.

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  • Ke-Lin Du & M. N. S. Swamy, 2016. "Memetic Algorithms," Springer Books, in: Search and Optimization by Metaheuristics, chapter 0, pages 315-325, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-319-41192-7_19
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-41192-7_19
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