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Objective
value
evaluation

Yes

g = max
generation?

START

Set parameters and
generation counter
g = 0

No

Replacement

Selection

g ++

Crossover

Initial population

Output the
best solution

Mutation

Objective value
evaluation

END

Figure 1.1
Genetic.cycle.of.a.GA..(From.Yin,.J.J.,.Tang,.K.S.,.Man,.K.F.,.A.comparison.of.optimization.algo-
rithms.for.biological.neural.network.identiication,. IEEETransactionsonIndustrialElectronics ,.
57(3),.1127-1131,.2010.)

Table 1.1
Typical.Applications.of.GA.in.Different.Research.Areas

ResearchArea ExamplesofApplications

Physics Water.reactor.[49];.two-nucleon.knockout.reactions.[32];.

Tokamak.poloidal.field.configuration.[2];.four-level.triplicator.
[6];.spectrum.assignment.[51]

Chemistry Biological.activity.of.combinatorial.compound.libraries.[52];.

catalytic.reaction.sets.[39];.molecule.conformational.search.
[35];.modeling.of.response.surfaces.in.high-performance.liquid.
chromatography.[47];.structure.elucidation.of.molecules.[46]

Engineering Network.design.[38];.city.planning.[4];.aerodynamic.design.

[48];.filter.design.[43];.path.planning.for.underwater.robot.[1]

Medicine Allocation.of.radiological.worker.[8];.medical.imaging.[28];.

treatment.planning.[9];.classification.of.traditional.Chinese.
medicine.[54];.medical.diagnosis.[45]

Business.and.management Personnel.scheduling.[19];.forest.management.[23];.job.shop.

scheduling.[33];.unit.commitment.[14];.distribution.[7]

Finance.and.trading Performance.prediction.for.individual.stock.[40];.financial.time.

series.[50];.economic.models.[42];.investment.strategies.[34];.
trade.strategies.[31]