Эволюционный алгоритм — это population-based метод оптимизации, вдохновленный биологической эволюцией. Он улучшает candidate solutions через повторяющиеся selection, variation, recombination и mutation согласно fitness function.
A subset of evolutionary computation, a generic population-based metaheuristic optimization algorithm. An EA uses mechanisms inspired by biological evolution, such as reproduction, mutation, recombination, and selection. Candidate solutions to the optimization problem play the role of individuals in a population, and the fitness function determines the quality of the solutions (see also loss function). Evolution of the population then takes place after the repeated application of the above operators.