遗传算法简称GA(Genetic Algorithm)，在本质上是一种不依赖具体问题的直接搜索方法。遗传算法在模式识别、神经网络、图像处理、机器学习、工业优化控制、自适应控制制、生物科学、社会科学等方面都得到应用。在人工智能研究中，现在人们认为“遗传算法、自适应系统、细胞自动机、混沌理论与人工智能一样，都是对今后十年的计算技术有重大影响的关键技术”。

-The genetic algorithm referred to as GA (Genetic Algorithm), is essentially a direct search method is not dependent on specific issues. Genetic algorithm in pattern recognition, neural networks, image processing, machine learning, industrial optimization and control, adaptive control system, the biological sciences, social sciences have been applied. In artificial intelligence research, is now considered " genetic algorithms, adaptive systems, cellular automata, chaos theory and artificial intelligence, have a significant impact on the key technologies of the next decade of computing technology.