I got a lot of value from A Field Guide to Genetic Programming[1] and Introduction to Evolutionary Computing[2] when I was studying this stuff. I've heard good

I got a lot of value from A Field Guide to Genetic Programming[1] and Introduction to Evolutionary Computing[2] when I was studying this stuff. I've heard good things about Essentials of Metaheuristics[3] and Clever Algorithms[4] too, I would like to read them some day. [1] http://www.gp-field-guide.org.uk/ http://www.gp-field-guide.org.uk/ [2] http://www.cs.vu.nl/~gusz/ecbook/ecbook.html http://www.cs.vu.nl/~gusz/ecbook/ecbook.html [3] http://cs.gmu.edu/~sean/book/metaheuristics/ http://cs.gmu.edu/~sean/book/metaheuristics/ [4] http://www.cleveralgorithms.com/ http://www.cleveralgorithms.com/