Dictionary 2

• Individual - one candidate solution

• Population - set of individuals

• Genotype - encoded representation of individual

• Phenotype - decoded representation of individual

• Mapping - decodes the phenotype

• Mutation - variability operator that modifies a genotype

• Recombination/Crossover - variability operator mixing genotypes

• Fitness - performance of a phenotype with regard to objective

• Iteration - Generation

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