2 Evolutionary Computation Algorithms 2.1 Introduction Evolutionary computation algorithms are based on the biology evolution theory. Have you ever heard the phrase "Survival of the fittest" - Herbert Spencer? Imagine an island of castaways and the only resource of food are coconut trees. It make sense that whoever is tall enough will feed and survive. A few years after those people will match and give birth to children with better characteristics, in our case taller. So as the years gone by and
In order to define and establish what graph theory is, we must first make note of its origin and its basis within the broad subject of mathematics. Graph theory, a smaller branch in a large class of mathematics known as combinatorics, which defined by Jacob Fox as, “is the study of finite or countable discrete structures.” Areas of study in combinatorics include enumerative combinatorics, combinatorial design, extremal combinatorics, and algebraic combinatorics. These subfields consist of the counting
Chapter 1 Introduction 1. Introduction Deforestation is defined as the conversion of forest cover to non-forest land by human activities and is one of the biggest environmental challenges today. Forests all around the world are threatened by unsustainable deforestation but especially severe has the clearing of the tropical rainforests been [6]. Satellite imagery provides an efficient means to retrieve information on the status and extent of forest resource and changes thereof. The large are coverage