Introduction -- Introduction to Evolutionary Computing -- Genetic Algorithms -- Extending the Genetic Algorithm -- Evolution Strategies and Evolutionary Programming -- Differential Evolution -- Genetic Programming -- Particle Swarm Algorithms -- Ant Algorithms -- Honeybee Algorithms -- Other Social Algorithms -- Bacterial Foraging Algorithms -- Neural Networks for Supervised Learning -- Neural Networks for Unsupervised Learning -- Neuroevolution -- Artificial Immune Systems -- An Introduction to Developmental and Grammatical Computing -- Grammar-Based and Developmental Genetic Programming -- Grammatical Evolution -- TAG3P and Developmental TAG3P -- Genetic Regulatory Networks -- An Introduction to Physics-Inspired Computing -- Physics-Inspired Computing Algorithms -- Quantum-Inspired Evolutionary Algorithms -- Plant-Inspired Algorithms -- Chemistry-Inspired Algorithms.

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