Ingo Rechenberg: Evolutionsstrategie '94

Many people believe that a focus on mathematics and technology is virtually the opposite of biological evolution. On the one hand the planned intelligent approach of the engineer, on the other hand nature’s wasteful game of chance. The theory of evolution strategies shows that evolution works more ingeniously than many optimization techniques. Using evolution strategies, it is possible to optimize airfoils in the wind tunnel, to solve magic squares and to train neural networks. As a universal developmental tool, evolution strategies are a highly topical field of research.