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TABLE OF CONTENTS OF PART 4
     Q10: What introductory material on EAs is there?
     Q10.1: Suitable background reading for beginners?
     Q10.2: Textbooks on EC?
     Q10.3: The Classics?
     Q10.4: Introductory Journal Articles?
     Q10.5: Introductory Technical Reports?
     Q10.6: Not-quite-so-introductory Literature?
     Q10.7: Biological Background Readings?
     Q10.8: On-line bibliography collections?
     Q10.9: Videos?
     Q10.10: CD-ROMs?
     Q10.11: How do I get a copy of a dissertation?

     Q11: What EC related journals and magazines are there?

     Q12: What are the important conferences/proceedings on EC?

     Q13: What Evolutionary Computation Associations exist?

     Q14: What Technical Reports are available?

     Q15: What information is available over the net?
     Q15.1: What digests are there?
     Q15.2: What mailing lists are there?
     Q15.3: What online information repositories are there?
     Q15.4: What relevant newsgroups and FAQs are there?
     Q15.5: What about all these Internet Services?

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Subject: Q10: What introductory material on EAs is there?

     There  are  many  sources  of  introductory  material on evolutionary
     algorithms: background books  (see  Q10.1),  textbooks  (see  Q10.2),
     classical  works (see Q10.3), journal articles (see Q10.4), technical
     reports (see Q10.5), more advanced literature (see Q10.6), biological
     background reading (see Q10.7), bibliography collections (see Q10.8),
     videos (see Q10.9) and CD-ROMs (Q10.10).  Information on how  to  get
     dissertations is also given below (see Q10.11).

     Conference proceedings (see Q12) are also a good source of up-to-date
     (and sometimes introductory) material.

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Subject: Q10.1: Suitable background reading for beginners?

     These books give a "flavor" of what the subject is about.

     Dawkins, R. (1976, 1989 2nd ed) "The Selfish  Gene",  Oxford:  Oxford
     University Press.  [The 2nd edition includes two new chapters]

     Dawkins,  R.  (1982)  "The  Extended Phenotype: The Gene as a Unit of
     Selection", Oxford: Oxford University Press.

     Dawkins, R. (1986) "The Blind Watchmaker", New York: W.W. Norton.

     Fogel, D. (1998) "Evolutionary Computation: The Fossil Record,"  IEEE
     Press.  Chronicles  the history of simulated evolution from the early
     1950s.  http://www.natural-selection.com/people/dbf.html

     Gonick, L. (1983) "The Cartoon Guide to Computer Science", New  York:
     Barnes & Noble. [eds note: features an interesting chapter on Charles
     Babbage in conjunction with "horse racing forecasting", if  you  want
     to use EAs to fullfill this task, better read this section first]
     Gonick, L. (1983) "The Cartoon Guide to Genetics", New York: Barnes &
     Noble.

     Regis, E. (1987) "Who got Einstein's Office?  Eccentricity and Genius
     at  the  Institute  for  Advanced Study", Reading, MA: Addison Wesley
     [eds note: chapters 5, 10 and 12]

     Levy, S. (1992) "Artificial Life: The Quest for a new Creation",  New
     York,  NY: Pantheon. [LEVY92]: [eds note: read this and you will have
     the urge to work in this field]

     Sigmund, K. (1993) "Games of Life: Explorations in Ecology, Evolution
     and Behaviour", Oxford: Univ. Press. 252 pp. Hard/Softcover avail.

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Subject: Q10.2: Textbooks on EC?

     These books go into the "nuts and bolts" of EC.

     Goldberg,  D.E.  (1989)  "Genetic Algorithms in Search, Optimization,
     and Machine Learning",Addison-Wesley. [GOLD89]:  (Probably  the  most
     widely referenced book in the field!)

     Davis,  L. (ed) (1991) "Handbook of Genetic Algorithms", Van Nostrand
     Reinhold, New York, NY. [DAVIS91]:

     Michalewicz,  Z.  (1992)  Genetic  algorithms  +  Data  Structures  =
     Evolution  Programs",  Springer-Verlag,  New  York,  NY. [MICHALE92]:
     Also second, extended edition (1994) with index. [MICHALE94]:

     Koza,  J.R.  (1992),  Genetic  Programming:  On  the  Programming  of
     Computers  by  means of Natural Selection", Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
     [KOZA92]:

     Langdon,  W.B.  (1998),  Genetic  Programming  and  Data   Structures
     Hingham,              MA:              Kluwer.              [LANG98]:
     http://www.wkap.nl/book.htm/0-7923-8135-1

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Subject: Q10.3: The Classics?

     Mostly older works which have helped to shape the field.

     Charles Darwin (1859), "The Origin of Species", London: John  Murray.
     (Penguin   Classics,  London,  1985;  New  American  Library,  Mentor
     Paperback)

     Box, G.E.P. (1957) "Evolutionary operation: a  method  of  increasing
     industrial productivity", Applied Statistics, 6, 81-101.

     Fraser,  A.S.  (1957)  "Simulation  of  genetic  systems by automatic
     digital computers", Australian Journal of  Biological  Sciences,  10,
     484-491.

     Friedman,   G.J.   (1959)  "Digital  simulation  of  an  evolutionary
     process", General Systems Yearbook, 4:171-184.

     Bremermann,  H.J.  (1962)   "Optimization   through   evolution   and
     recombination". In M.C. Yovits, et al, (eds) Self-Organizing Systems.
     Washington, DC: Spartan Books.

     Holland, J.H. (1962)  "Outline  for  a  logical  theory  of  adaptive
     systems", JACM, 3, 297-314.

     Samuel,  A.L. (1963) "Some Studies in Machine Learning using the Game
     of Checkers", in  Computers  and  Thought,  E.A.  Feigenbaum  and  J.
     Feldman (eds), New York: McGraw-Hill.

     Walter, W.G. (1963) "The Living Brain", New York: W.W. Norton.

     Fogel,   L.J.,   Owens,   A.J.   &  Walsh,  M.J.  (1966)  "Artificial
     Intelligence  through  Simulated   Evolution",   New   York:   Wiley.
     [Fogel66]:

     Rosen,   R.   (1967)  "Optimality  Principles  in  Biology",  London:
     Butterworths.

     Rechenberg, I. (1973, 1993 2nd edn) "Evolutionsstrategie: Optimierung
     technischer  Systeme  nach  Prinzipien  der  biologischen Evolution",
     Stuttgart: Fromman-Holzboog.  (Evolution  Strategy:  Optimization  of
     technical systems by means of biological evolution)

     Holland,  J.H. (1975) "Adaptation in natural and artificial systems",
     Ann Arbor, MI: The University of  Michigan  Press.  [HOLLAND75]:  2nd
     edn. (1992) [HOLLAND92]:

     De  Jong,  K.A.  (1975)  "An  analysis  of the behavior of a class of
     genetic adaptive systems", Doctoral thesis,  Dept.  of  Computer  and
     Communication Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

     Schwefel,  H.-P. (1977) "Numerische Optimierung von Computer-Modellen
     mittels der Evolutionsstrategie", Basel: Birkhaeuser.

     Schwefel, H.-P. (1981) "Numerical Optimization of  Computer  Models",
     Chichester:  Wiley.  [eds  note:  English translation of the previous
     entry; a reworked edition is currently in preparation for 1994]

     Axelrod, R. (1984) "The evolution of cooperation", NY: Basic Books.

     Cramer, N.L. (1985) "A Representation for the Adaptive Generation  of
     Simple Sequential Programs" [ICGA85], 183-187.

     Baeck,  T.,  Hoffmeister,  F.  &  Schwefel, H.-P. (1991) "A Survey of
     Evolution Strategies" [ICGA91], 2-9.

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Subject: Q10.4: Introductory Journal Articles?

     Baeck, T. & Schwefel,  H.-P.  (1993)  "An  Overview  of  Evolutionary
     Algorithms  for  Parameter  Optimization",  Evolutionary Computation,
     1(1), 1-23.

     Baeck,  T.,  Rudolph,  G.  &  Schwefel,  H.-P.  (1993)  "Evolutionary
     Programming  and Evolution Strategies: Similarities and Differences",
     [EP93], 11-22.

     Baeck, T.,  Hammel,  U.  and  Schwefel,  H.-P.  (1997)  "Evolutionary
     computation:  Comments on the history and current state," IEEE Trans.
     Evolutionary Computation, Vol. 1:1, pp. 3-17

     Beasley, D., Bull, D.R.,  &  Martin,  R.R.  (1993)  "An  Overview  of
     Genetic  Algortihms:  Part  1,  Fundamentals",  University Computing,
     15(2) 58-69.  Available by ftp  from  ENCORE  (See  Q15.3)  in  file:
     GA/papers/over93.ps.gz                     or                    from
     ralph.cs.cf.ac.uk/pub/papers/GAs/ga_overview1.ps

     Beasley, D., Bull, D.R.,  &  Martin,  R.R.  (1993)  "An  Overview  of
     Genetic  Algortihms:  Part 2, Research Topics", University Computing,
     15(4) 170-181.  Available by ftp from ENCORE  (See  Q15.3)  in  file:
     GA/papers/over93-2.ps.gz                    or                   from
     ralph.cs.cf.ac.uk/pub/papers/GAs/ga_overview2.ps

     Brooks, R.A. (1991) "Intelligence without Reason", MIT  AI  Memo  No.
     1293.  Appeared in "Computer's and Thought", IJCAI-91.

     Dawkins,   R.  (1987)  "The  Evolution  of  Evolvability",  [ALIFEI],
     201-220.

     Fogel,  D.B.  (1994)  "An  introduction  to  simulated   evolutionary
     optimization," IEEE Trans. Neural Networks, Vol. 5:1, pp. 3-14.

     Goldberg,  D.E.  (1986)  "The  Genetic  Algorithm: Who, How, and What
     Next?".  In Kumpati S. Narenda, ed., Adaptive and  Learning  Systems,
     Plenum, New York, NY.

     Goldberg,  D.  (1994),  "Genetic  and Evolutionary Algorithms Come of
     Age", Communications of the ACM, 37(3), 113--119.

     Hillis, W.D. (1987) "The Connection  Machine",  Scientific  American,
     255(6).

     Hillis,  W.D. (1992) "Massively Parallel Computing" Daedalus, winter,
     121(1), 1-29. [HILLIS92]:

     Holland, J.H. (1989) "Using  Classifier  Systems  to  Study  Adaptive
     Nonlinear  Networks".  In: Lectures in the Science of Complexity, SFI
     Studies in the Science of Complexity, D. Stein, (ed), Addison Wesley.

     Holland,  J.H.  (1992)  "Genetic  Algorithms",  Scientific  American,
     267(1), 66-72.

     Holland, J.H. (1992) "Complex  Adaptive  Systems"  Daedalus,  winter,
     121(1), 17-30.

     Mitchell,  M.  & Forrest S. (1993) "Genetic Algorithms and Artificial
     Life", Artificial Life,  1(1).  Also  avail.  as  SFI  Working  Paper
     31-11-072.

     Sims,   K.  (1991)  "Artificial  Evolution  for  Computer  Graphics",
     Computer Graphics, 25(4), 319-328

     Sipper, M  (1996)  "A  Brief  Introduction  to  Genetic  Algorithms",
     unpublished             guide,             available             from
     http://lslwww.epfl.ch/~moshes/ga.html

     Spears, W.M., DeJong, K.A., Baeck, T.,  Fogel,  D.  &  de  Garis,  H.
     (1993)  "An Overview of Evolutionary Computation", [ECML93], 442-459.

     Peter  Wayner  (1991),  "Genetic  Algorithms:  Programming  takes   a
     valuable tip from nature", BYTE, January, 361--368.

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Subject: Q10.5: Introductory Technical Reports?

     See also Q14 for other technical

     Ficek,  Rhona  (1990) "Genetic Algorithms", Dept. of Computer Science
     and  Operations  Research,  North   Dakota   State   University.   An
     introductory            report,            available            from:
     http://www.atm.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu/Dienst/UI/2.0/Describe/ncstrl.ndsu_cs%2fNDSU-
     CS-TR-90-51

     Hoffmeister,  F.  &  Baeck,  T.  (1990, 1992) "Genetic Algorithms and
     Evolution Strategies: Similarities and  Differences",  University  of
     Dortmund,   Dept.   of   CS,   SyS-1/92.   Available   by   ftp  from
     lumpi.informatik.uni-dortmund.de:

     Serrada, Anselmo Perez (1996) "Una introducci'on  a  la  Computaci'on
     Evolutiva".   An introduction to EC in Spanish. Available from ENCORE
     (see Q15.3) in file EA/papers/intro-spanish.ps.gz with an overview in
     EA/papers/intro-spanish.leeme .

     Whitley,  D.  (1993)  "A  Genetic Algorithm Tutorial", Colorado State
     University,  Dept.  of  CS,  TR  CS-93-103.  Available  by  ftp  from
     ftp.cs.colostate.edu/pub/public_html/TechReports/1993/tr-103.ps.Z  or
     from http://www.cs.colostate.edu
      - follow the link to Technical Reports.

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Subject: Q10.6: Not-quite-so-introductory Literature?

     Bock,  P.  (1993)  "The  Emergence  of   Artificial   Cognition:   An
     Introduction to Collective Learning", Singapore: World Scientific.

     Davis,  L.  (ed) (1987) "Genetic Algorithms and Simulated Annealing",
     available from Morgan Kaufmann Publishers  Inc.,  340  Pine  St,  San
     Francisco, CA 94104, (415-392-2665).

     Davidor,  Y.  (1991)  "Genetic  Algorithms  and Robotics", Singapore:
     World Scientific. ISBN 9-810202172.

     Forrest,  S.  (ed)  (1990)  "Emergent  Computation.  Self-Organizing,
     Collective,  and  Cooperative  Phenomena  in  Natural  and Artificial
     Computing Networks", [FORREST90]:, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. (Special
     issue of Physica D.)

     Hillis,   W.D.   (1990)   "Co-Evolving  Parasites  Improve  Simulated
     Evolution as an Optimization procedure", [ALIFEII], 313-324.

     Holland, J.H., Holyoak, K.J., Nisbett, R.E. &  Thagard,  P.R.  (1986)
     "Induction:   Processes   of  Inference,  Learning,  and  Discovery",
     Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

     Holland, J.H. (1992) "Adaptation in Natural and  Artificial  Systems:
     An  Introductory  Analysis with Applications to Biology, Control, and
     Artificial Intelligence, Cambridge,  MA:  MIT  Press/Bradford  Books,
     (2nd edn). Hard: ISBN 0-262-08213-6. Soft: ISBN 0-262-58111-6.

     Serra,  R.  &  Zanarini,  G.  (1990)  "Complex  Systems and Cognitive
     Processes", New York, NY: Springer-Verlag.

     Stender,  J.  (ed.).  (1993)  "Parallel  Genetic   Algorithms",   IOS
     Publishing.   [Cites  just about everything in the parallel GA field.
     -- John Koza]

     Rujan, P. (1988) "Searching for optimal configurations  by  simulated
     tunneling", Zeitschrift der Physik B", Vol.73, 391-416.

     Rudolph,   G.  (1994)  "Convergence  Analysis  of  Canonical  Genetic
     Algorithms", IEEE Trans. on Neural Networks,  Special  issue  on  EP.
     Available    by    ftp    from    ENCORE   (See   Q15.3)   in   file:
     GA/papers/canon94.ps.gz
     Fogel, D. (1995), "Evolutionary Computation: Toward a New  Philosophy
     of   Machine   Intelligence",   Piscataway,  NJ:  IEEE  Press.   ISBN
     0-7803-1048-0.

     Schwefel, H-P. (1995) "Evolution  and  Optimum  Seeking",  New  York:
     Wiley.  ISBN 0-471-57148-2

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Subject: Q10.7: Biological Background Readings?

     Adams,  D. with Carwardine M. (1990) "Last Chance to see...", London:
     Heinemann. [David Corne: I strongly suggest  you  read  this.  Its  a
     report  on  visits  to  various  parts of the world to see endangered
     species. It is remarkably and wonderfully funny and illuminating.  It
     would  actually  be a good reference to have in any bit of the FAQ to
     do with genetic diversity and/or the lack of it,  or  the  remarkable
     kinds of adaptations that can occur for the strangest reasons.]

     Cairns-Smith,  A.G.  (1985)  "Seven  Clues  to  the  Origin of Life",
     Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press.

     Fisher, R.A. (1958) "The Genetic Theory of  Natural  Selection",  New
     York: Dover.

     Futuyma,  D.J. (1986) "Evolutionary Biology", Sunderland, MA: Sinauer
     Assoc.  [eds note: the bibliography of this book is truly a  treasure
     chest]

     Lewin, B. (1993) "Genes IV".

     Lewontin, R.C. (1974) "The Genetic Basis of Evolutionary Change", New
     York: Columbia Univ. Press.

     Maynard Smith, J. (1972) "On Evolution", Edinburgh:  Edinburgh  Univ.
     Press.

     Maynard  Smith,  J. (1978) "Optimization Theory in Evolution", Annual
     Review of Ecology and Systematics 9:31-56.

     Maynard Smith,  J.  (1982)  "Evolution  and  the  Theory  of  Games",
     Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press.

     Maynard  Smith,  J.  (1989) "The Problems of Biology", Oxford: Oxford
     Univ. Press.

     Maynard Smith, J.  (1989)  "Evolutionary  Genetics",  Oxford:  Oxford
     Univ. Press.

     Mayr,  E.  (1963)  "Animal  Species  and  Evolution",  Cambridge, MA:
     Harvard Univ. Press.

     Mayr, E. (1982) "The Groth of Biological Thought", Cambridge, MA: The
     Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press.

     Ridley,  M.  (1985) "The Problems of Evolution", Oxford: Oxford Univ.
     Press.

     Tort, P. Ed. (1996)  "Dictionary  of  Darwinism  and  of  Evolution",
     Paris,  France: Presses Universitaires de France.  Produced by a team
     of 150 international experts over a period of 10 years.   Contains  a
     vast  amount of information about what Darwinism is and (perhaps more
     importantly)     is     not.       Further      information      from
     http://www.planete.net/~ptort/darwin/evolengl.html     (in    various
     languages).

     Watson, J.D. (1966) "Molecular Biology  of  the  Gene",  Menlo  Park:
     Benjamin.

     Watson,  J.D.,  Hopkins,  N.H., Roberts, J.W., Steitz, J.A. & Weiner,
     A.M. (1987) "Molecular Biology of the Gene (4th  edn)",  Menlo  Park:
     Benjamin.

     Williams,  G.C. (1966) "Adaptation and Natural Selection", Princeton,
     NJ: Princeton Univ. Press.

     Wright, S. (1932) "The roles of mutation,  inbreeding,  crossbreeding
     and  selection  in evolution", in: Proc. of the 6th Int'l Congress on
     Genetics I, 356.

     There is a *lot* of interesting material on biology and evolution  in
     the talk.origins newsgroup repository, available by FTP. The index of
     files, available from ics.uci.edu/pub/origins/Index  ,  lists  what's
     there,  and  includes  files  on  Darwinism, definition of evolution,
     introduction to evolutionary biology, a list of important FAQ  files,
     speciation,  and genetic drift.

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Subject: Q10.8: On-line bibliography collections?

 The Big One
     Jarmo  Alander  has  compiled  probably  the  biggest EC bibliography
     around. It has 2500 entries, and is available in postscript  form  by
     ftp  from:  garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/research/2500GArefs.ps.gz and also from
     ENCORE (see Q15.3) in  file  refs/2500GArefs.ps.gz  Please  send  any
     additions or corrections to <[email]>

     The  same  directory  on ENCORE also contains some other bibliography
     collections.

 Combinations of GAs and NNs
     Dave Schaffer <[email]> has compiled a bibliograpy on
     combinations of GAs and neural networks. About 150 entries, available
     in Bib format from ENCORE (See Q15.3) in file refs/cogann.bib.gz

     Jochen  Ruhland  <[email]>  has   also
     compiled  a  bibliography  on  this topic. Some papers deal only with
     neural networks,  some  only  with  genetic  algorithms.   About  300
     references  altogether.  Some  include  an abstract.  Available from:
     ftp.neuro.informatik.uni-kassel.de/pub/NeuralNets/                 in
     We_and_our_work/papers/diplom.1.bib.gz There are plans to expand this
     bibliography  from  time  to  time;  the  sequels  will  have   names
     diplom.2.bib.gz, etc.

 Bibliography at IlliGAL
     A  bibliography  on Genetic Algorithms compiled by David E. Goldberg,
     Kelsey Milman, and Christina Tidd is available as IlliGAL  Report  No
     92008         (see         Q14),         via         ftp        from:
     gal4.ge.uiuc.edu/pub/papers/IlliGALs/92008part1.ps.Z              and
     92008part2.ps.Z

 GAPHD Bibliography Collection
     Martyn   Amos   <[email]>   has   assembled   a
     collection of bibliographies from  various  sources,  tidied  up  the
     entries and removed duplicates. The collections are as follows:

	 Alife.bib.gz      - General Artificial Life
	 ICGA-93.bib.gz    - Proc. International Conference on GAs (1993)
	 chaos.bib.gz      - Chaos theory
	 ga+nn.bib.gz      - GAs and neural networks
	 ga.bib.gz         - General GA references
	 ga2.bib.gz        - General GA references
	 parallelGA.bib.gz - Parallel GAs
	 theory.bib.gz     - Theoretical computer science (bias towards graph
			   theory, stochasic modelling and pobability theory)
	 misc.bib.gz       - Miscellaneous topics (eg. Internet)

     There  are  about 6200 references in total, although the biggest file
     by far is theory.bib, which  is  not  directly  related  to  EC.  The
     references  are in BibTeX format. The files are available by FTP from
     ftp.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/pub/gaphd/Bibliographies/  or   by   WWW   from
     http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/~martyn/ga.html

 Genetic Programming Bibliography
     A  collection  of Genetic Programming references (and other tools) is
     maintained by Bill Langdon <[email]> and is  available
     via anonymous ftp from cs.ucl.ac.uk/genetic/biblio/

 Evolutionary Models in the Social Sciences
     Edmund  Chattoe <[email]> has set up a bibliography on
     Evolutionary Models In Economics and the Social Sciences. The  latest
     copy  of  the  EMSS  bibliography  and some accompanying notes can be
     found at http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/~scs1ec/emssbib.html

 GAs and Economics
     Bernard   Manderick   <[email]>   has    compiled    a
     bibliography  on  the use of GAs in economics, and this was published
     in GA-Digest, v7n4 (with some followup  comments  in  v7n5  &  v7n7).
     This       can       be       retrieved       by       FTP       from
     ftp.aic.nrl.navy.mil/pub/galist/digests/v7n4 (see Q15.1).

 GAs in Control
     Carlos  Fonseca   <[email]>   has   compiled   a
     bibliography  of  about  50  references on GAs in Control, and it was
     published in GA-Digest, v7n18. This can  be  retrieved  by  FTP  from
     ftp.aic.nrl.navy.mil/pub/galist/digests/v7n18 (see Q15.1).

 Parallel GAs
     A   parallel   GA   bibliography   is   available   via   ftp   from:
     unix.hensa.ac.uk/pub/parallel/faqs/parallel-genetic-algorithms

     Andreas Uhl <[email]> has also compiled a parallel
     GA  bibliography  with  about  80 entries. It is available by WWW in:
     http://www.mat.sbg.ac.at/~uhl/GA.html

 Genetic Programming
     John  Koza   <[email]>   has   compiled   an   annotated
     bibliography  on  GP,  and  about 60 references were published in GA-
     Digest,   v7n30.   This   can    be    retrieved    by    FTP    from
     ftp.aic.nrl.navy.mil/pub/galist/digests/v7n30  or  from  ENCORE  (See
     Q15.3) in file refs/gp-ref.gz

 GAs and protein folding
     Melanie Mitchell <[email] > has  compiled  a  bibliography  of
     about 40 references on this topic, and it was published in GA-Digest,
     v7n33.     This     can     be     retrieved     by     FTP      from
     ftp.aic.nrl.navy.mil/pub/galist/digests/v7n33 (see Q15.1).

 GAs in Image Processing and Computer Vision
     Kyeongmo Park <[email]> has compiled a bibliography of about
     20 references on this topic,  and  it  was  published  in  GA-Digest,
     v8n10.      This     can     be     retrieved     by     FTP     from
     ftp.aic.nrl.navy.mil/pub/galist/digests/v8n10 (see Q15.1).

 Masters and PhD theses
     Richard K. Belew has  collected  information  on  approximately  2600
     Masters  and  Ph.D.  theses,  nominally in the area of AI. The entire
     list   (about   170KB)   is   available   for   anonymous   FTP   at:
     cs.ucsd.edu/pub/rik/aigen.rpt  Questions, suggestions, additions etc.
     to <[email]>.

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Subject: Q10.9: Videos?

     Fogel, D.B. (1997) "An Introduction to Evolutionary Computation," for
     ordering contact <[email]>

     Sims,  K.  (1990)  "Panspermia",  ACM SIGGRAPH Video Review. Ordering
     information     from      http://www.siggraph.org/publications/video-
     review/SVR.html

     Langton,  C.G. (ed) (1992) "Artificial Life II Video Proceedings" The
     Advanced Book Program of the  Santa  Fe  Institute:  Studies  in  the
     Sciences of Complexity, Addison Wesley, ISBN 0-201-55492-5. [ALIFEII-
     V]:

     Koza, J.R. & Rice, J.P.  (1992)  "Genetic  Programming:  The  Movie",
     Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. See GP-faq for an order form. (see Q15)

     The  Santa  Fe  Institute  has produced a thirteen minute promotional
     video, which includes a five minute  segment  discussing  the  Tierra
     research  project,  illustrated  with  a  very high quality animation
     produced by the Anti Gravity Workshop in Santa Monica, CA. To  obtain
     the  video, contact the Santa Fe Institute at:  1660 Old Pecos Trail,
     Suite  A,  Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico  87501  (Tel:  505-984-8800,  Fax:
     505-982-0565,  Net:  <[email]>)  or contact Linda Feferman:
     <[email]> or <[email]>

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Subject: Q10.10: CD-ROMs?

  PTF for AI by CMU
     Carnegie Mellon University is establishing an Artificial Intelligence
     Repository   to   contain  public  domain  and  freely  distributable
     software,  publications,  and  other  materials  of  interest  to  AI
     researchers,  educators,  and  students.  The  AI  Repository will be
     accessible by anonymous FTP and  Andrew  File  System  (AFS)  without
     charge  (See  Q15.3).   The  contents  of the repository will also be
     published by  Prime  Time  Freeware  as  an  inexpensive  mixed-media
     (Book/CD-ROM) publication.

     For your information, here is a precis of the CD-ROM:

     PTF  for  AI  is  a periodic collection of AI-related source code and
     documentation.  PTF for AI in no way modifies the legal  restrictions
     on  any  package  it  includes.   The first issue (1-1; Summer, 1993)
     consisted of an ISO-9660 CD-ROM bound into  a  ~100  page  book.   It
     contained  ~600  MB  of  gzipped  archives  (2+  GB  uncompressed and
     unpacked).  Cost: $60 US.

     For more information contact:  Mark  Kantrowitz,  Archivist,  CMU  AI
     Repository,  Editor,  PTF for AI. Net: <[email]>,
     Tel: +1 412-268-2582, Fax: +1 412-681-5739.

  AI CD-ROM by NCC
     Network Cybernetics Corporation has released a new CD-ROM title,  the
     AI  CD-ROM  Revision  3  (ISBN  1-886376-01-8).   This  is the newest
     version of an annually updated collection of artificial  intelligence
     programming and research tools.  This ISO-9660 format CD-ROM contains
     thousands of programs, source code collections,  tutorials,  research
     papers, Internet journals, and other resources.  Previous versions of
     the AI CD-ROM are currently in use as teaching  aids  for  AI-related
     University courses, as research aids to computer scientists, and as a
     source of advanced computer programming tools for application program
     developers around the world.

     The  AI CD-ROM contains thousands of up to date files covering a wide
     range of topics including: Fuzzy Logic,  Genetic  Algorithms,  Neural
     Networks, Expert Systems, Robotics, Machine Vision, Natural Language,
     Prolog, Lisp, Embedded AI, Virtual Reality, Cellular Automata, Chaos,
     Fractals,  and more.  The disc is divided into topical subdirectories
     and each directory contains an index file with  descriptive  listings
     of the contents.  The AI CD-ROM has received  good  reviews  in  many
     magazines  including  Byte  (Jerry  Pournelle,  March  '93)  and IEEE
     Computer  (J.  Zalewski,  July  '93), CD-ROM Professional and others.
     The CD-ROM has a list price of $89.00.

     For people wanting to see a complete listing of  the  CD's  contents,
     FTP  to  ftp.ncc.com:/  and  get the file AICD3.ZIP. The file is also
     available from the Compuserve AIEXPERT forum, and the NCC dial-up BBS
     at    214-258-1832.    Also    check    out    the   WWW   site   at:
     http://www.ncc.com/cdroms/ai/index.html

     Enquiries to: Network Cybernetics  Corporation,  4201  Wingren  Road,
     Suite 202, Irving, TX 75062-2763, USA <[email]>

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Subject: Q10.11: How do I get a copy of a dissertation?

     All  US  American  dissertations are available from: UMI Dissertation
     Information Service, University Microfilms International,  A  Bell  &
     Howell  Information  Company,  300  N. Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan
     48106, USA.  Tel.: 800-521-0600, or +1 (313) 761-4700

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Subject: Q11: What EC related journals and magazines are there?

 1. Dedicated EC Journals:
  Evolutionary Computation
     Published quarterly  by:  MIT  Press  Journals,  55  Hayward  Street,
     Cambridge,  MA  02142-1399,  USA.  Tel:  (617)  253-2889,  Fax: (617)
     258-6779, <[email]>

     Along with the explosive growth of the computing  industry  has  come
     the  need  to  design  systems  capable  of  functioning  in complex,
     changing ENVIRONMENTs.  Considerable effort is  underway  to  explore
     alternative  approaches  to  designing  more  robust computer systems
     capable of learning from and adapting to  the  environment  in  which
     they operate.

     One broad class of such techniques takes its inspiration from natural
     systems  with  particular  emphasis   on   evolutionary   models   of
     computation  such  as GAs, ESs.  CFS, and EP.  Until now, information
     on these techniques has been widely spread over numerous disciplines,
     conferences, and journals.  [eds note: The editorial board reads like
     a who-is-who in EC.]  For paper e-mail submission,  use  one  of  the
     following addresses:

     o  America:       John Grefenstette <[email]>

     o  Europe:        Heinz Muehlenbein <[email]>

     o  Asia:          Hiroaki Kitano <[email]>

     o  Ed-in-chief:   Ken De Jong <[email]>

     Please  note,  that  submissions  should  be  sent to one of the sub-
     editors.   Grefenstette  and  Kitano  accept  LaTeX   or   PostScript
     submissions.

  BioSystems
     Journal  of  Biological and Information Processing Sciences, Elsevier
     Science  Publishers,  P.O.  Box  1527,   1000   BM   Amsterdam,   The
     Netherlands.

     BioSystems  encourages  experimental,  computational, and theoretical
     articles  that  link  biology,   evolutionary   thinking,   and   the
     information  processing  sciences.  The link areas form a circle that
     encompasses  the  fundamental  nature   of   biological   information
     processing,  computational  modeling  of  complex biological systems,
     evolutionary models of computation,  the  application  of  biological
     principles  to  the design of novel computing systems, and the use of
     biomolecular materials to synthesize artificial systems that  capture
     essential principles of natural biological information processing.

     Topics:  Molecular  EVOLUTION:  Self-organizing  and self-replicating
     systems, Origin and evolution of the  genetic  mechanism;  Biological
     Information  Processing:   Molecular  recognition,  Cellular control,
     Neuromuscular computing, Biological adaptability, Molecular computing
     technologies;    EVOLUTIONARY    SYSTEMS:   Stochastic   EVOLUTIONARY
     ALGORITHMs, Evolutionary  OPTIMIZATION,  SIMULATION  of  genetic  and
     ecological  systems,  Applications  (neural  nets,  machine learning,
     robotics))

  IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation
     The  IEEE  Transactions  on  Evolutionary  Computation  will  publish
     archival  journal quality original papers in EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION
     and  related  areas,  with  particular  emphasis  on  the   practical
     application  of  the techniques to solving real problems in industry,
     medicine, and other disciplines.  Specific techniques include but are
     not   limited  to  EVOLUTION  STRATEGIEs,  EVOLUTIONARY  PROGRAMMING,
     GENETIC ALGORITHMs, and associated methods of GENETIC PROGRAMMING and
     CLASSIFIER  SYSTEMs.   Papers emphasizing mathematical results should
     ideally seek to put these results in the context of algorithm design,
     however  purely  theoretical papers will be considered.  Other papers
     in the areas  of  cultural  algorithms,  ARTIFICIAL  LIFE,  molecular
     computing,  evolvable hardware, and the use of simulated evolution to
     gain a better understanding of naturally  evolved  systems  are  also
     encouraged.

     Papers  must conform to IEEE standard submission guidelines which are
     available  in  IEEE  transactions  (for   example,   see   the   IEEE
     Transactions  on  Neural  Networks  or the IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy
     Systems). Those wanting to receive an  author's  information  booklet
     from the IEEE can request this at <[email]>.

     Six  (6)  hard  copies  of the manuscript should be sent to: David B.
     Fogel,   Editor-in-Chief,   IEEE   Transactions    on    Evolutionary
     Computation,  c/o  Natural Selection, Inc., 3333 N. Torrey Pines Ct.,
     Suite 200, La Jolla, CA  92037, USA.

     The editor-in-chief will be pleased to comment on the suitability  of
     other  submissions  at the request of the authors.  Further questions
     can be directed to <[email]>.  The transactions will  appear
     quarterly.

 2. Related Journals:
  Complex Systems
     Published  by:  Complex  Systems  Publications,  Inc., P.O. Box 6149,
     Champaign, IL 61821-8149, USA.

     Complex Systems devotes to the rapid publication of research  on  the
     science,   mathematics,   and  engineering  of  systems  with  simple
     components  but  complex   overall   behavior.   Try   finger(1)   on
     <[email]> for additional info.

  Machine Learning
     Published  by:  Kluwer  Academic  Publishers,  P.O.  Box  358, Accord
     Station, Hingham, MA 02018-0358 USA.

     Machine  Learning  is  an  international  forum   for   research   on
     computational  approaches to learning. The journal publishes articles
     reporting substantive research results on a wide  range  of  learning
     methods  applied  to  a variety of task domains. The ideal paper will
     make   a   theoretical   contribution   supported   by   a   computer
     implementation.

     The  journal  has  published  many  key  papers  in  learning theory,
     reinforcement learning,  and  decision  tree  methods.   The  journal
     regularly publishes special issues devoted to GAs and CFS as well.

  Adaptive Behavior
     Published quarterly by: MIT Press Journals, details above.

     Broadly,  behavior  is adaptive if it deals successfully with changes
     circumstances.  For  example,  when   surprised,   a   hungry   --but
     environmentally  informed--  mouse  may  dart  for  cover rather than
     another piece of cheese. Similarly, a tripped-up ROBOT [eds note: not
     necessarily built by Sirius Cybernetics Corp.]  could get back on its
     feet and accomplish a moonrock-finding mission if it had  learned  to
     cope with unanticipated lunar potholes.

     Adaptive Behavior thus takes an approach complementary to traditional
     AI.  Now basic abilities that allow animals to survive, or robots  to
     perform  their mission in unpredictable ENVIRONMENTs, will be studied
     in preference to more elaborate and human-specific abilities.

     The  journal  also  aims  to  investigate  which  new  insights  into
     intelligence  and cognition can be achieved by explicitly taking into
     account the environment feedback --mediated  by  behavior--  that  an
     animal  or  a  robot  receives,  instead  of  studying  components of
     intelligence in isolation.

     Topics: INDIVIDUAL and  Collective  Behavior.  Neural  Correlates  of
     Behavior.  Perception  and  Motor  Control.  Motivation  and Emotion.
     Action SELECTION and Behavioral  Sequences.  Internal  World  Models.
     Ontogeny, Learning, and EVOLUTION.  Characterization of environments.

  Artificial Life
     Published quarterly by: MIT Press Journals, details above.

     Artificial  Life  is  intended  to  be  the  primary  forum  for  the
     dissemination  of scientific and engineering research in the field of
     ARTIFICIAL LIFE.  It will report on synthetic biological  work  being
     carried  out  in  any  and  all media, from the familiar "wetware" of
     organic chemistry, through the inorganic "hardware" of mobile robots,
     all the way to the virtual "software" residing inside computers.

     Research  topics  ranging  from  the  fabrication of self-replicating
     molecules to the study of evolving POPULATIONs of  computer  programs
     will be included.

     There  will also be occasional issues devoted to special topics, such
     as L-Systems, GENETIC ALGORITHMs, in-vitro  evolution  of  molecules,
     artificial cells, computer viruses, and many social and philosophical
     issues arising from the attempt to synthesize life artificially.

     [eds note: The editorial board reads like a who-is-who in ALIFE]

  Evolutionary Economics
     Published quarterly  by:  Springer-Verlag  New  York,  Inc.,  Service
     Center  Secaucus,  44 Hartz Way, Secaucus, NJ 07094, USA.  Tel: (201)
     348-4033, Fax: (201) 348-4505.

     Evolutionary Economics aims to provide an international forum  for  a
     new  approach  to  economics.   Following  the tradition of Joseph A.
     Schlumpeter, it is designed to focus on  original  research  with  an
     evolutionary  conception  of  the  economy.  The journal will publish
     articles  with  strong  emphasis  on  dynamics,  changing  structures
     (including technologies, institutions, beliefs, imitation, etc.).  It
     favors interdisciplinary analysis  and  is  devoted  to  theoretical,
     methodological and applied work.

     Research  areas  include:  industrial  dynamics;  multi-sectoral  and
     cross-country  studies   of   productivity;   innovations   and   new
     technologies; dynamic competition and structural change in a national
     and international  context;  causes  and  effects  of  technological,
     political and social changes; cyclic processes in economic evolution;
     the role of governments in a dynamic world; modeling complex  dynamic
     economic systems; application of concepts, such as self-organization,
     bifurcation, and chaos theory to economics; evolutionary games.

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Subject: Q12: What are the important conferences/proceedings on EC?

 1. Dedicated EC Conferences:
  ICGA: International Conference on Genetic Algorithms
     Major international conference held in North America in  odd-numbered
     years.  Covers  all  aspects  of  EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION.  The 1999
     conference will be held  on  July  14--17  in  Orlando,  Florida,  in
     conjunction  with  the annual Genetic Programming conference. It will
     be titled GECCO (Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference)

     The 1997 conference was at Michigan State University,  East  Lansing,
     USA. Details from http://GARAGe.cps.msu.edu/icga97/index.html

     Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Genetic Algorithms
     (1985) J.J. Grefenstette (ed) [ICGA85]: and Proc. of  the  2nd  Int'l
     Conf.  on  Genetic Algorithms (1987) J.J. Grefenstette (ed) [ICGA87]:
     available from  Lawrence  Erlbaum  Associates,  Inc.,  365  Broadway,
     Hillsdale, New Jersey, 07642, (800) 926-6579.

     Proc.  of  the  3rd  Int'l  Conf.  on  Genetic Algorithms (1989) J.D.
     Schaffer (ed) [ICGA89]: and Proc. of the 4th Int'l Conf.  on  Genetic
     Algorithms  (1991)  R.K.  Belew  and  L.B. Booker (eds) [ICGA91]: and
     Proc. of the 5th Int'l Conf. on Genetic Algorithms (1993) S.  Forrest
     (ed) [ICGA93]: and Proc. of the 6th Int'l Conf. on Genetic Algorithms
     (1995) [ICGA95]: available from Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Inc., San
     Francisco (415-392-2665). <[email]>

  FOGA: Foundations of Genetic Algorithms
     Major  international  workshop focusing on theoretical aspects of EC,
     that's usually limited to some 50 participants and  is  usually  held
     somewhere in North America.  FOGA 5, however, was held in Leiden, The
     Netherlands    on    24-26    September    1998.    Details     from:
     http://www.wi.leidenuniv.nl/CS/ALP/foga98.html

     Foundations   of   Genetic  Algorithms  (1991)  G.J.E.  Rawlins  (ed)
     [FOGA91]: and Foundations of Genetic Algorithms 2 (1993) L.D. Whitley
     [FOGA93]:  available  from  Morgan  Kaufmann  Publishers,  Inc.,  San
     Francisco (415-392-2665). <[email]>

     FOGA  3  took  place  in  1994.   Enquires   to:   Darrell   Whitley,
     <[email]>.   FOGA  4 took place from August 3-5 1996
     in       San       Diego,       California.        Details       from
     http://www.aic.nrl.navy.mil/galist/foga/

  PPSN: Parallel Problem Solving from Nature
     Major international conference held in Europe in even-numbered years.
     Covers all aspects of problem solving inspired by natural  processes.
     The 1998 conference was held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September
     27        -        October        1.        Information         from:
     http://www.wi.leidenuniv.nl/CS/ALP/ppsn98.html Further information on
     all       PPSN       conferences       is       available       from:
     http://LS11-www.informatik.uni-dortmund.de/PPSN/

     Parallel  Problem  Solving  from Nature, (1990) H.-P. Schwefel and R.
     Maenner (eds) [PPSN90]: published by Springer-Verlag, 175 5th Avenue,
     New  York,  NY, 10010, (212) 460-1500.  Parallel Problem Solving from
     Nature 2,  (1992)  R.  Maenner  and  B.   Manderick  (eds)  [PPSN92]:
     published   by   North-Holland,  Elsevier  Science  Publishers,  Sara
     Burgerhartstraat  25,  P.O.  Box  211,   1000   AE   Amsterdam,   The
     Netherlands.   Parallel  Problem  Solving  from  Nature  3, (1994) Y.
     Davidor (ed.), [PPSN94]: PPSN96 was held in Berlin, September 1996.

  EP: Annual Conference on Evolutionary Programming
     Major international  annual  conference  held  in  USA.   Covers  all
     aspects  of  EC  with  emphasis  on  EP  related  research.  The 1999
     conference will be held in conjunction with the ICEC (See below).

     The 1997 conference was held on April 13-16 in Indianapolis.  Details
     from Pete Angeline <[email]>.  The 1996 conference was held
     on Feb 29-March 3.  The  1995  conference  was  held  on  March  1-4.
     Details from David Fogel <[email]>.

     Proceedings of the 1st Annual Conference on Evolutionary Programming,
     (1992) D.B. Fogel and W. Atmar (eds), [EP92]:, and Proc. of  the  2nd
     Annual  Conf.  on  Evolutionary Programming, (1993) D.B. Fogel and W.
     Atmar  (eds),  [EP93]:  published  by  the  Evolutionary  Programming
     Society,  9363  Towne  Centre  Dr.,  San  Diego, CA 92121, Attn: Bill
     Porto,  Treasurer  (cf  Q13).   Proceedings  of  the   Third   Annual
     Conference  on  Evolutionary Programming, (1994) A.V. Sebald and L.J.
     Fogel (eds), [EP94]:, World Scientific Publishers, River Edge, NJ.

  ICEC: IEEE Conference on Evolutionary Computation
     Major international conference covering all aspects of EC.  The sixth
     conference  will  be held in Washington DC, from 6-9 July 1999. It is
     titled the Congress on Evolutionary Computation, (CEC) and it will be
     held in conjunction with the Evolutionary Programming Conference (EP)
     and  Genetic  Algorithms  in  Engineering  Systems:  Innovations  and
     Applications (GALESIA). Details from http://garage.cps.msu.edu/cec99/

     The fifth conference was held in Anchorage, Alaska, USA, from May 4-9
     1998.  Details  from  http://www.arc.unm.edu/wcci-98/icec.html .  The
     fourth was on April 14-17 1997 in Indianapolis (in  conjunction  with
     EP97).   The  third  was  on May 20-22 1996 in Nagoya, Japan, details
     from http://www.bioele.nuee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/ICEC96/ . The  second  was
     on   29   Nov--1   Dec   1995   in  Perth,  Australia.  Details  from
     <[email]> .  The first took place  in  June  1994  at  the
     World Congress on Computational Intelligence, Florida.

     Proceedings  of  the 1st IEEE Conference on Evolutionary Computation,
     (1994) D.B. Fogel (ed.) (2 Volumes).  Published  by  IEEE,  445  Hoes
     Lane,  PO  Box  1331,  Piscataway,  NJ  08855-1331.  Also, talks from
     invited  speakers  are  published  in   "Computational   Intelligence
     Imitating  Life" (1994) J.M. Zurada, R.J. Marks, C.J. Robinson (eds),
     IEEE.

  Genetic Programming
     The 1998 conference dedicated to GP was held on  July  22-25  at  the
     University  of  Winconsin.   The 1999 conference will be held on July
     14-17 in Orlando, Florida, in conjunction with the ICGA (see  above).

     Details    of    the   GP   conferences   can   be   obtained   from:
     http://www.genetic-programming.org or from <[email]>.

     The first conference  was  held  on  July  28--31  1996  at  Stanford
     University,            California.            Details           from:
     http://www.cs.brandeis.edu/~zippy/gp-96.html

 2. Related Conferences:
  Alife: International Conference on Artificial Life
     Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on  ARTIFICIAL  LIFE,
     (1989)  C.G. Langton (ed), Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences
     of Complexity, Proc. Vol. VI, [ALIFEI]: and Proc. of  the  2nd  Int'l
     Conf. on Artificial Life II, (1992) C.G. Langton, C. Taylor, J. Doyne
     Farmer and S. Rasmussen (eds), Santa  Fe  Institute  Studies  in  the
     Sciences of Complexity, Proc. Vol. X, [ALIFEII]: and Proc. of the 3rd
     Int'l Conf.  on  Artificial  Life  III,  (1993)  C.G.  Langton  (ed),
     [ALIFEIII]: published by Addison Wesley, Redwood City, CA, USA.

     Artificial  life  IV,  was  organized  by  Rodney Brooks, MIT AI Lab,
     <[email]> and held on July 6-8, 1994. Proceedings edited  by
     R. Brooks and P. Maes. [ALIFEIV]:

  ECAL: European Conference on Artificial Life
     Proceedings of the 1st European Conference on Artificial life, (1991)
     F.J. Varela and P. Bourgine (eds), [ECAL91]: and  Proc.  of  the  2nd
     European  Conf.  on  ALIFE:  Self-organization  and life, from simple
     rules to  global  complexity,  (1993),  (?  eds)  (?  pub)  [ECAL93]:
     published by MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, USA.

  ECML: European Conference on Machine Learning
     Machine  Learning: ECML-93, Proc. European Conf. on Machine Learning,
     (1993) P.B. Brazil (ed), [ECML93]: published by Springer,  New  York,
     NY, USA.

  ICANNGA:  International  Conference  on  Artificial  Neural Networks and
     Genetic Algorithms
     Held every 2 years since 1993. The 1997 conference is on April 1-4 in
     Norwich,              England.              Details              from
     http://www.sys.uea.ac.uk/Research/ResGroups/MAG/ICANNGA97/

  SAB: International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior
     From  Animals  to  Animats.  Proceedings  of  the  1st  International
     Conference  on SIMULATION of Adaptive Behavior, (1991) [SAB90]: J.-A.
     Meyer and S.W. Wilson, ISBN 0-262-63138-5, and Proc. of the 2nd Int'l
     Conf.  on  Simulation  of  Adaptive  Behavior, (1993) [SAB92]:, J.-A.
     Meyer, H. Roitblat and S.W. Wilson (eds) and Proc. of the  3rd  Int'l
     Conf.  on  Simulation  of  Adaptive  Behavior, [SAB94]:, P. Husbands,
     J.-A. Meyer and S.W. Wilson (eds) published by MIT Press,  Cambridge,
     MA, USA.

     SAB96  took  place  on  September  9-13,  1996  in  Cape Cod, MA USA.
     Details from http://www.cs.brandeis.edu/conferences/sab96

 3. Pointers to upcoming Conferences:
  The Genetic Algorithm Digest
     Aka "GA-Digest" always starts with a "Calendar of GA-related Events,"
     i.e.   a list of upcoming conferences, covering the complete field of
     EAs (see Q15.1), available from http://www.aic.nrl.navy.mil/galist/

  The Artificial Life Digest
     Aka "Alife digest" always starts with a  "Calendar  of  Alife-related
     Events," that lists conferences, workshops, etc. (cf Q15)

  The Evolutionary Programming Digest
     Aka   "EP-digest"  doesn't  list  conferences  explicitly,  like  the
     previously mentioned ones, but carries most CFP's; that can be looked
     at  in  the backissues folder: amazon.eng.fau.edu/pub/ep-list/digest/
     (cf Q15)

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Subject: Q13: What Evolutionary Computation Associations exist?

  ISGA: International Society on Genetic Algorithms
     The  ISGA  is  a  mostly  fascinating   society:  it  neither  has  a
     membership  fee  (which  makes  it  even  more  fascinating),  nor an
     address. However,  ISGA  meetings  usually  take  place  during  ICGA
     conferences,  in  so-called  business  meetings  (BMs). [eds note: So
     during a conference, ask for BMs, if you want to join; or be ready to
     dart out of the room if you don't...]

  EPS: Evolutionary Programming Society
     Membership is $40/year ($10/year for students with id) and also gives
     you a discounted registration at the annual conference. You can  also
     order EP proceedings ($30/members, $45/other) from EPS.

     Address: Evolutionary Programming Society, 9363 Towne Centre Dr., San
     Diego, CA 92121, Attn: Bill Porto, Treasurer.

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Subject: Q14: What Technical Reports are available?

     Technical reports are informally published, unrefereed papers  giving
     up-to-date  information  on  what is going on at research institutes.
     Many later  go  on  to  be  formally  published  in  journals  or  at
     conferences.

 TCGA Reports
     The  Clearing  House  for  Genetic  Algorithms (TCGA) at the Univ. of
     Alabama (Tuscaloosa) distributes TCGA technical reports. A number  of
     these  are  now available in compressed Postscript form via FTP from:
     aramis.cs.ua.edu/pub/tech-reports/ Read the file README first.

     Contact:  Robert  Elliott  Smith,  Department   of   Engineering   of
     Mechanics,  Room  210  Hardaway Hall, The University of Alabama, P.O.
     Box  870278,  Tuscaloosa,  AL  35487,  USA.   Tel:  (205)   348-1618,
     <[email]>, or Dr. Ron Sun <[email]>

 IlliGAL Reports
     The   Illinois  Genetic  Algorithms  Laboratory  distributes  IlliGAL
     technical reports, as well as reprints of  other  publications;  they
     are available in hardcopy and can be ordered from: IlliGAL Librarian,
     Department of General Engineering, 117 Transportation  Building,  104
     South     Mathews     Avenue,    Urbana,    IL    61801-2996,    USA.
     <[email]>

     NOTE: When ordering, please include your surface mail address!

     IlliGAL also have  an  anonymous-FTP  server,  holding  most  of  the
     existing  IlliGAL  reports, at: gal4.ge.uiuc.edu/pub/papers/IlliGALs/
     There is also a WWW home page with a complete list, order  form,  and
     other information at: ftp://gal4.ge.uiuc.edu/illigal.home.html

 SyS Reports
     The  Systems  Analysis  Research  Group  (SyS)  at  the University of
     Dortmund,   maintains   an   experimental   anonymous   FTP   server:
     lumpi.informatik.uni-dortmund.de/pub/  On  lumpi  you  can  find SyS-
     Reports from 1992 on. (Get  "/pub/ls-Ral.Z"  and  look  for  "papers"
     folders,  the server is sorted by EA paradigms, i.e. "/pub/GA/papers"
     contains papers related to GAs, etc.).  A strongly  recommended,  and
     quarterly  updated,  report is a list of current applications of GAs,
     EP and ESs; get "/pub/EA/papers/ea-app.ps.gz" (SyS-2/92).

 Bionics Reports
     The Bionics and EVOLUTION  Techniques  Laboratory  at  the  Technical
     University   of  Berlin  maintains  an  anonymous  FTP  server:  ftp-
     bionik.fb10.tu-berlin.de/pub/ On  ftp-bionik  you  find  reports  and
     software,  related  to  EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMs and Artificial Neural
     Networks.

 University College London Reports
     A number of GENETIC ALGORITHM reports produced by UCL  are  available
     via anonymous FTP at cs.ucl.ac.uk/genetic/papers/ Abstracts of others
     can be obtained via WWW at http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/rns/

 Other Sources of Reports
     Reports are also available from some of the sources listed in  Q15.1,
     Q15.2 and Q15.3.

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Subject: Q15: What information is available over the net?

     A  whole  lot  of  information  is available "electronically" via the
     internet, accessible using e-mail or (more easily)  FTP.   There  are
     electronic digests (see Q15.1), electronic mailing lists (see Q15.2),
     online FTP repositories (see Q15.3), and various USENET  news  groups
     (see Q15.4).

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Subject: Q15.1: What digests are there?

     Digests  are  regulated, moderated, information sources in which many
     contributions are  combined  together  before  being  posted  out  to
     subscribers,  usually  on a regular basis (eg. weekly). Mailing lists
     are listed in Q15.2.

 Genetic Algorithm Digest
     The GA research community exchanges news, CFP's,  etc.  through  this
     (approximately  weekly)  digest,  currently  moderated by Bill Spears
     (formerly by Connie Ramsey and by Alan  C.  Schultz,  Naval  Research
     Laboratory, Washington, DC).

     A  statistic  published  in  v7,i3  stated that GA-digest is sent out
     world-wide to 1800 addresses in 28  countries.  The  digest  is  also
     posted to the comp.ai.genetic newsgroup.

     o  Send administrative requests to <[email]>

     o  The  anonymous   FTP   archive:   ftp.aic.nrl.navy.mil/pub/galist/
	contains   back  issues,  GA-code,  conference  announcements  (in
	"/pub/galist/information/conferences")  and  many  other   things.
	Info in "/pub/galist/FTP".

     o  The  archive  may  also  be  accessed  via  the  World Wide Web at
	http://www.aic.nrl.navy.mil/galist Also, links are given  to  many
	interesting  sites  around  the  World  with  material  related to
	EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION.

 Artificial Life Digest
     The ALIFE research community exchanges news, CFP's, etc. through this
     digest, edited by Liane Gabora and Rob Collins of the ARTIFICIAL LIFE
     Research Group at UCLA.

     o  Send administrative requests to <[email]>
     o  Anonymous FTP archive: ftp.cognet.ucla.edu/pub/alife/

 Evolutionary Programming Digest
     The digest is intended to promote discussions  on  a  wide  range  of
     technical  issues  in  evolutionary  OPTIMIZATION, as well as provide
     information  on  upcoming  conferences,  events,  journals,   special
     issues, and other items of interest to the EP community.  Discussions
     on all areas of  EVOLUTIONARY  COMPUTATION  are  welcomed,  including
     ARTIFICIAL  LIFE,  EVOLUTION STRATEGIEs, and GENETIC ALGORITHMs.  The
     digest is meant to encourage interdisciplinary communications.   Your
     suggestions and comments regarding the digest are always welcome.

     To    subscribe    to    the   digest,   send   mail   to   <ep-list-
     [email]> and include the line "subscribe  ep-list"
     in  the  body  of  the  text.   Further instructions will follow your
     subscription.  The digest is  moderated  by  N.  Saravan  of  Florida
     Atlantic University.

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Subject: Q15.2: What mailing lists are there?

     Mailing  lists  are  unregulated, unmoderated, information sources in
     which messages sent in by subscribers are posted out immediately  and
     individually to all other subscribers. Digests are listed in Q15.1.

 Genetic Programming Mailing List
     The  GP community uses this list as a discussion forum, news exchange
     and FAQ distribution channel, originally set  up  by  John  Koza  and
     James Rice at Stanford.

     o  Admin requests: <[email]>

     o  The   anonymous  FTP  archive  includes  a  lengthy,  but  "mostly
	interesting" FAQ by James Rice on GP related subjects. The archive
	used  to be held at ftp.io.com/pub/genetic-programming/ and a HTML
	version       used       to        be        accessible        at:
	http://www.salford.ac.uk/docs/depts/eee/genetic.html    but   both
	these sites have now gone (does anyone know where they are now?)

 Tierra Mailing List
     Thomas Ray's Tierra is discussed elsewhere (see Q4.1); here's how  to
     obtain Tierra electronically and get in contact with other users.

     o  Admin requests: <[email]>

     o  Anonymous  FTP archive: tierra.slhs.udel.edu/pub/ (tierra, almond,
	beagle, etc.)

 UK's Evolutionary-Computation mailing list
     o  Admin details: <[email]>

 GEnetic Algorithm Research Student mailing list
     Provides  a  forum  for  research  students  interested  in   GENETIC
     ALGORITHMs.

     o  Admin requests: <[email]>

     GEARS         articles         can        be        viewed        at:
     http://research.de.uu.net:8080/~gears/ while the old GEARS archive is
     kept at: http://research.de.uu.net:8080/~gears/archive/

 GANN: Genetic Algorithms and Neural Networks
     This  list  will focus on the use of EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMs (GENETIC
     ALGORITHMs,  GENETIC  PROGRAMMING  and   their   variants)   in   the
     EXPLORATION  of  the  design  space  of  (artificial)  neural network
     architectures and algorithms.  The list  will  be  semi-moderated  to
     keep  the  signal to noise ratio as high as possible.  (This list was
     formerly known as the neuro-evolution e-mail list.)

     o  Admin requests/enquiries: [email]

     o  Subscription  requests  to  the  admin   address   with   Subject:
	subscribe

 gattbl: Timetabling mailing list
     This  group  is for people using GAs and other techniques for exam or
     course scheduling for academic institutions. To subscribe, send email
     to <[email]>.

 Evolutionary Models in the Social Sciences
     See Q10.8 for details.

 Genetic Algorithms in Production Scheduling
     The  GASched  list is for discussion of the use of GENETIC ALGORITHMs
     on Production Scheduling Problems (only).  Possible subjects for  the
     list  include:  GAs for job-shop scheduling theory, GAs for practical
     problem solving in industry, problem representation  within  the  GA,
     combinatorial   optimisation   techniques  for  scheduling  problems,
     results & effects of GA-based systems working in industry, techniques
     for  improving performance, problem data, or any other burning issues
     which come into GAs for production scheduling.

     A    full    introduction    can    be    obtained     by     mailing
     <[email]>   with   no   subject   line   and   'info
     gascheduling' in the body of the message.

     To subscribe to the list, email <[email]>  with  the
     body  of  the  message containing 'subscribe gascheduling YOUR NAME'.
     Please dont include anything else  in  the  message,  and  leave  the
     subject  empty.   For  help on how to use the automated software, and
     some  other  commands  which  may  be  available  in   future,   mail
     <[email]>  with  'HELP' in the body of your message,
     and no subject line.

     For non-standard  administration  requests,  or  if  you  are  having
     problems  with  the  automated  address, please email: <gascheduling-
     [email]> These messages will be dealt with  manually,
     and so may take a couple of days for a response.

     There      is      also      a      related      Web     site     at:
     http://www.shef.ac.uk/~gaipp/index.html

 Autopoiesis
     There is an Autopoiesis Email List for the discussion of  the  theory
     of Autopoiesis of H. Maturana and F. Varela.  Autopoiesis means self-
     production and concerns self-organizing systems.

     To join send a  message  containing  the  text:  SUB  AUTOPOIESIS  to
     <[email]>

     To  see  what  other  systems and philosophy lists exist at this site
     send the message: HELP instead.

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Subject: Q15.3: What online information repositories are there?

     Many research institutes  have  online  repositories  of  information
     which my be retrieved using FTP or HTTP (World Wide Web).

     NOTE: See also Q14 above.

 ENCORE
     ENCORE   (The  EvolutioNary  COmputation  REpository  network)  is  a
     collection of FTP servers/World Wide Web sites providing a wealth  of
     information  in  the  area  of  EC, from technical reports, copies of
     journal articles, down to source code for various EAs.   ENCORE  acts
     as  a  distributor  of much material generated at research institutes
     (and other  places)  which  don't  necessarily  have  their  own  FTP
     servers.

     Each node of Encore is referred to as an "EClair". There are numerous
     nodes around the world, all carrying copies of the same  information.
     The  sites  may be accessed using FTP or WWW browsers. Sites offering
     HTTP access are the best to use if using a WWW browser. They include:

     o  EUnet            Deutschland            GmbH            (Germany):
	http://research.de.uu.net:8080/encore/

	o The University of Girona (Spain) http://gnomics.udg.es/~encore/

	o       The       University       of       Granada       (Spain):
	http://krypton.ugr.es/~encore/

	o        The       University       of       Birmingham       (UK)
	http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/Mirrors/ftp.de.uu.net/EC/clife/

	o        The        Santa        Fe        Institute        (USA):
	http://alife.santafe.edu/~joke/encore/

	o     Purdue     University,    West    Lafayette,    IN    (USA):
	http://www.cs.purdue.edu/coast/archive/clife/Welcome.html

	o     The     Chinese      University      of      Hong      Kong:
	http://www.cs.cuhk.hk/pub/EC/Welcome.html

     Other sites offer FTP access (slow if using WWW).  If using FTP, omit
     the initial  "ftp://"  and  the  final  "Welcome.html"  in  the  file
     specification  in  order  to access the top-level directory.  The FTP
     sites include:

     o  EUnet            Deutschland            GmbH            (Germany):
	ftp://ftp.de.uu.net/pub/research/softcomp/EC/Welcome.html

	o   Technical   University   of   Berlin   (Germany):   ftp://ftp-
	bionik.fb10.tu-berlin.de/pub/EC/Welcome.html

	o       Ecole       Polytechnique,       Palaiseau       (France):
	ftp://blanche.polytechnique.fr/pub/eark/EC/Welcome.html

	o        The       University       of       Oviedo       (Spain):
	ftp://zeus.etsimo.uniovi.es/pub/EC/Welcome.html

	o The Santa Fe Institute (USA):  ftp://alife.santafe.edu/pub/USER-
	AREA/EC/Welcome.html

	o     The    California    Institute    of    Technology    (USA):
	ftp://ftp.krl.caltech.edu/pub/EC/Welcome.html

	o      Wayne      State      University,      Detroit       (USA):
	ftp://ftp.cs.wayne.edu/pub/EC/Welcome.html
	o   The   Michigan   State   University,   East   Lansing   (USA):
	ftp://ftp.egr.msu.edu/pub/EC/Welcome.html

	o    Purdue    University,    West    Lafayette,     IN     (USA):
	ftp://coast.cs.purdue.edu/pub/EC/Welcome.html

	o      The      Chinese      University      of     Hong     Kong:
	ftp://ftp.cs.cuhk.hk/pub/EC/Welcome.html

	o     University     of     Cape     Town     (South      Africa):
	ftp://ftp.uct.ac.za/pub/mirrors/EC/Welcome.html

	o  Center of Technological Education of Parana, Curitiba (Brazil):
	ftp://ftp.cefetpr.br/pub/EC/Welcome.html

     Well worth getting is "The Navigator's Guide to ENCORE",  a  handbook
     to this service, in file:

     o  handbook/encore.ps.gz (A4 paper) or

     o  handbook/encore-US.ps.gz (US letter size paper).

     Encore is administered by Joerg Heitkoetter <[email]>.

 The Santa Fe Institute
     The  Santa  Fe  Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity (SFI)
     issues  a  recommended  series:  SFI  Studies  in  the   Science   of
     Complexity,  published  by Addison Wesley and maintains a well-sorted
     FTP server with EC related material.

     o  Admin requests: <[email]>

     o  Anonymous FTP archive: ftp.santafe.edu/pub/
     Information on SUMMERSCHOOLs held by the SFI can  be  obtained  from:
     Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA.

 The Australian National University (ANU)
     The Bioinformatics facility at Australian National University has set
     up an anonymous  FTP  server,  that  contains  EC  related  material,
     maintained by David G. Green.

     o  Admin requests: <[email]>

     o  Anonymous FTP archive: life.anu.edu.au/pub/complex_systems/alife/

     o  World   Wide   Web:  The  hypermedia  server  offers  introductory
	tutorials, preprints and papers online. The URL for  this  service
	is  http://complex.csu.edu.au/complex or link via the servers home
	page http://life.anu.edu.au/

 LGI laboratory, Grenoble, France
     Research into Parallel GENETIC ALGORITHMs: papers (technical reports,
     conference   and  journal  articles,  theses,  monographies,  etc...)
     written by members of the SYMPA team are available by FTP from

     o  imag.fr/pub/SYMPA/

     Their adress is: SYMPA/LGI - Institut  IMAG,  BP  53  38041  Grenoble
     Cedex, FRANCE <[email]>

 The University of Alabama, Department of Computer Science
     A  number  of  papers  and  preprints  are  available  in  compressed
     Postscript form by FTP from the Univ. of  Alabama  (Tuscaloosa)  from
     aramis.cs.ua.edu/pub/tech-reports/  The  naming  convention for files
     is:  (author's last name).(journal name).ps .  Maintained by Dr.  Ron
     Sun <[email]>
 CMU Artificial Intelligence Repository
     Holds  more  than  a  gigabyte  of  software, publications, and other
     materials of interest to AI  researchers,  educators,  students,  and
     practitioners.   The  AI  Programming  Languages  and the AI Software
     Packages sections of the repository can be accessed in the lang/  and
     areas/ subdirectories. Other directories, which are in varying states
     of  completion,  are  events/  and  pubs/  (Publications,   including
     technical reports, books, mail/news archives).

     The  AI Programming Languages section includes directories for Common
     Lisp, Prolog, Scheme, Smalltalk,  and  other  AI-related  programming
     languages.   The AI Software Packages section includes subdirectories
     for:  alife/  (ARTIFICIAL  LIFE),  anneal/   (Simulated   Annealing),
     genetic/  (GENETIC  ALGORITHMs  etc.,  including  benchmarks and test
     problems) and many more.

     The AI Repository is accessible by  FTP  at:  ftp.cs.cmu.edu/user/ai/
     (Be  sure  to  read the files 0.doc and readme.txt in this directory)
     and by WWW  at:  http://www.cs.cmu.edu/Groups/AI/html/repository.html
     It is also available on CD-ROM (See Q10.10).

 The MSU Genetic Algorithms Research and Applications Group (GARAGe)
     GARAGe  has a number of interesting projects, both in terms of GA and
     GP  fundamental  research  and  in  GA/GP   applications   including:
     parallelization   of  GAs/GPs;  multiple  POPULATION  topologies  and
     interchange   methodologies;   scheduling   applications,   including
     sponsored  research  on  job-floor  scheduling;  design applications,
     including  sponsored   research   on   composite   material   design;
     configuration  applications,  particularly  physics  applications  of
     optimal molecule  configurations  for  particular  systems  like  C60
     (buckyballs) and others.

     Information  on  GARAGe  research projects is available by WWW at the
     URL: http://GARAGe.cps.msu.edu

 School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences, University of Sussex
     The  Evolutionary  and  Adaptive  Systems  Group  in  COGS   does   a
     significant amount of research in the area of GAs and Neural Networks
     and modeling the process of biological development. For  purposes  of
     artificial  EVOLUTION, many at COGS see this as the major issue to be
     tackled.  For general info about the group, consult  the  WWW  server
     at: http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/lab/adapt/index.html

 The Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence
     The  Navy  Center  for  Applied  Research  in ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
     (NCARAI) is conducting basic research in  the  analysis  of  GAs  and
     other EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMs.  GAs are being applied to the learning
     of  strategies  and  behaviors  for  autonomous  vehicles,  and   for
     adaptively  testing complex systems such as vehicle controllers.  You
     will find description  of  projects,  researchers,  and  downloadable
     papers  at  URL  http://www.aic.nrl.navy.mil/  in  addition  to other
     information.  The GA-digest and the GENETIC  ALGORITHMs  Archive  are
     maintained  at  NCARAI.   See Q15.1, "Genetic Algorithms Digest", for
     more information.

 Case Western Reserve University
     A WWW home page is available for the CWRU Autonomous Agents  Research
     Group at: http://yuggoth.ces.cwru.edu/

     The  group,  led by Randall Beer, conducts interdisciplinary research
     in the departments of  Computer  Engineering  and  Science,  Biology,
     Mechanical  Engineering,  and  Systems  Engineering.   This  research
     includes  work  in  EVOLUTIONARY  ALGORITHMs,  mobile  robotics,  and
     computational  biology.   The aim is to study the mechanisms that can
     produce adaptive behavior in animals and ROBOTs.

     Currently available are  Postscript  versions  of  a  number  of  our
     research  papers  (in  particular,  those related to mobile robotics,
     evolving recurrent  neural  networks,  and  computational  models  of
     development), an HTML version of a paper on computational development
     which appeared in ALIFE IV, and images of  the  robots  used  in  our
     research.

     Comments to <[email]>

 Genetic Algorithms Group, George Mason University
     Members  of  the  research group are working on a variety of projects
     including GA theory, coevolutionary  algorithms,  decentralized  GAs,
     representation  issues,  evolutionary microeconomics, the application
     of GAs to molecular biology, and GA-based machine learning.  There is
     an  online publications list that contains links to PostScript copies
     of many of their published papers.  A WWW home page is available  at:
     http://www.cs.gmu.edu/research/gag/

 The Complexity and Artificial-Life Research Concept
     Includes  a  whole  load  of information on the topics of complexity,
     artificial-life, GAs,  NNs,  cellular  automata,  nonlinear  science,
     fractals,    self-organisation,    evolution,    and   more.   Visit:
     http://www.calresco.force9.co.uk

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Subject: Q15.4: What relevant newsgroups and FAQs are there?

     Besides the obvious comp.ai.genetic there exist some other newsgroups
     that sometimes carry EC related topics:

     o  comp.ai (FAQ in news.answers , comp.answers )

     o  comp.ai.digest

     o  comp.ai.fuzzy (FAQ in news.answers , comp.answers )

     o  comp.ai.jair.announce (FAQ in news.answers , comp.answers )

     o  comp.ai.jair.papers  (PostScript  papers  of  the  Journal  of  AI
	Research, published by Morgan Kaufmann <[email]>) [eds
	note:  this  is  the  first journal that's completely published on
	USENET first, and later in paper form; read the  jair-faq,  that's
	posted  to  the  announcement group to find out how to submit your
	papers, get JAIR papers by FTP, Gopher or e-mail, etc.]

     o  comp.ai.neural-nets (FAQ in news.answers , comp.answers )

     o  comp.robotics (FAQ in news.answers , comp.answers )

     o  comp.theory.cell-automata                 (FAQ                  in
	http://alife.santafe.edu/alife/topics/cas/ca-faq/ca-faq.html )

     o  comp.theory.dynamic-sys (no FAQ)

     o  comp.theory.self-org-sys (no FAQ)

     o  sci.bio.evolution  (no  FAQ  as  such,  but there is an archive of
	interesting     material,     accessible      via      WWW      at
	http://www.cqs.washington.edu/~evolution )

     o  sci.math.num-analysis (some FAQs in news.answers , comp.answers )

     o  sci.op-research (some FAQs in news.answers , comp.answers )

     o  talk.origins  (discusses  origins  of  life,  EVOLUTION, etc.  FTP
	repository index at ics.uci.edu/pub/origins/Index -- see Q10.7 for
	more details.)

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Subject: Q15.5: What about all these Internet Services?

     The  Internet supports a variety of on-line services, and a number of
     tools are available to enable people  to  make  good  use  of  these,
     including:   telnet,   FTP,   gopher,  veronica,  archie,  Wide  Area
     Information Servers (WAIS), and the World-Wide Web (WWW).

     Information about using  Internet  is  available  from  a  number  of
     sources,  many accesible on-line, via email or FTP.  For example, the
     EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) publishes two guides for novices
     on  all  the  Internet  has  to  offer,   by  Adam  Gaffin  and Joerg
     Heitkoetter (see below). These are avaiable over the net.

     To receive a short guide to using anonymous FTP, send e-mail with the
     text "help" to <[email]>.

     If  you  dont  have  FTP access, you can retrieve documents using the
     FTP-by-email service. The "ftpmail" service is installed  on  several
     sites to allow transmission of FTPable files from almost anywhere. To
     get the PostScript version of this FAQ from ENCORE, (See  Q15.3)  for
     example,  send  a  message  to (for example) <[email]>
     containing the lines:
	       reply <your-own-e-mail-address-here>
	       connect alife.santafe.edu
	       get pub/USER-AREA/EC/FAQ/hhgtec.ps.gz
	       quit
     where <your-e-mail-address> is e.g. [email]

     FTPmail sites available are listed below. Use one that  is  near  you
     for best performance.

	 (USA)     <[email]>
		   <[email]>
		   <[email]>

	 (Europe)  <bitftp@dearn> or to <[email]>
		   <[email]>
		   <[email]>
		   <[email]>
		   <[email]>
		   <[email]>

     Documents  from  the  archive  at  <rtfm.mit.edu>  can  be  retrieved
     similarly by sending email to <[email]>,  containing
     a message such as:

	  send usenet/news.answers/index
	  send usenet/news.answers/ai-faq/genetic/part1
	  quit

     References

     Kehoe,  B.P.  (1992)  "Zen  and the Art of the Internet: A Beginner's
     Guide to the Internet", 2nd Edition (July). Prentice Hall,  Englewood
     Cliffs,  NJ.  112  pages. The 1st Edition, (February) is available in
     PostScript format via anonymous FTP from ftp.cs.widener.edu: and many
     other Internet archives.

     Krol,  E.  (1992)  "The  Whole  Internet:  Catalog  &  User's Guide".
     O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., Sebastopol, CA. 376 pages.

     LaQuey, T. and J.C. Ryer (1992) "The Internet Companion: A Beginner's
     Guide  to Global Networking". Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., Reading,
     MA. 208 pages.

     Smith, Una R. (1993) "A Biologist's  Guide  to  Internet  Resources."
     USENET   sci.answers   FTP   and   e-mail  from  many  archives,  eg.
     rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/sci.answers/biology/guide/part?

     Gaffin, A. (1994) "Everybody's Guide to the Internet."  Published  by
     the  EFF  and MIT Press. $14.95.  ISBN 9-780262-67105-7. This book is
     available in ASCII by sending e-mail  to  <[email]>;  you'll
     receive  the  book  split  into  several pieces; for a more elaborate
     version of the guide see the following entry.

     Gaffin, A. with Heitkoetter, J. (1994) "EFF's (Extended) Guide to the
     Internet:  A  round trip through Global Networks, Life in Cyberspace,
     and  Everything...",  aka  `eegtti.texi'.  This  is  available   from
     ftp.eff.org/pub/Net_info/Net_Guide/Other_versions/  (Texinfo,  ASCII,
     HTML,  DVI  and  PostScript).  The  European  edition  is   kept   on
     ftp.de.uu.net/pub/books/eff-guide/  ~300  pages.  A README file gives
     more information.  The hypertext (HTML) version can  be  browsed  at:
     http://www.de.uu.net/books/eegtti/eegtti.html

     The  EARN Association (May 1993) "A Guide to Network Resource Tools",
     available via e-mail from <[email]>,  by  sending  the
     message  "get nettools ps" (PostScript) or "get nettools memo" (plain
     text).

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