Chapter 6: Understanding Genetic Algorithms

• Introducing the Genetic Algorithm
• Understanding the Structure of a Genetic Algorithm
• Understanding How a Genetic Algorithm Works
• Implementing the Traveling Salesman Problem
• Neural Network Plays Tic-Tac-Toe

    Backpropagation is not the only way to train a neural network. This chapter will introduce genetic algorithms (GAs), which can be used to solve many different types of problems. We will begin by exploring how to use a genetic algorithm to solve a problem independent of a neural network. The genetic algorithm will then be applied to a feedforward neural network.