[W/K] :: genetic programming

  genetic programming
       
           (GP) A programming technique which extends the
          genetic algorithm to the domain of whole computer programs.
          In GP, populations of programs are genetically bred to solve
          problems.  Genetic programming can solve problems of system
          identification, classification, control, robotics,
          optimisation, game playing, and pattern recognition.
       
          Starting with a primordial ooze of hundreds or thousands of
          randomly created programs composed of functions and terminals
          appropriate to the problem, the population is progressively
          evolved over a series of generations by applying the
          operations of Darwinian fitness proportionate reproduction and
          crossover (sexual recombination).
       
          (1995-03-31)