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Thanks to Anthony Stevens at The Pursuit of a Life for bringing this free e-book download to my attention. Looks like an interesting read, and will make a nice addition to the growing library on my Amazon Kindle.

Genetic programming (GP) is a systematic, domain-independent method for getting computers to solve problems automatically starting from a high-level statement of what needs to be done. Using ideas from natural evolution, GP starts from an ooze of random computer programs, and progressively refines them through processes of mutation and sexual recombination, until high-fitness solutions emerge. All this without the user having to know or specify the form or structure of solutions in advance. GP has generated a plethora of human-competitive results and applications, including novel scientific discoveries and patentable inventions

(Via The Pursuit of a Life.)