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Rebecca Parsons Reflects on Building Evolutionary Architectures

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Understanding Genetic Algorithms and the Importance of Measurement in Software Architecture

This chapter explores genetic algorithms and their basis in evolutionary computation, illustrating their operation through evolution-like processes. It uses the traveling salesperson problem to explain key concepts such as fitness functions, population dynamics, and the significance of measurement in software architecture.

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