This course is run at the The University of Nottingham within the School of Computer Science & IT. The course is run by Graham Kendall (EMAIL : gxk@cs.nott.ac.uk)
Allele : The possible values that can be taken by a gene are called
alleles.
Chromosome : An individual within the population. You may also see the
following terms, which means the same thing; individual, solution, strings and
vectors.
Gene : Genes are the basic building blocks which form chromosomes. In
the examples in this handout, we have mainly considered bit strings. Each bit
is a gene.
Genotype : The genotype is the expression of the chromosome. The classical
representation is bit strings but many other representations and data structures
are possible.
Locus : The position of a variable within a chromosome is called its
locus.
Phenotype : The phenotype is the physical expression of the chromosome.
For example, a chromosome might consist of bit strings but it could actually
represent integers or real numbers and those could represent anything.
Population : A set of chromosomes that represent a pool of solutions that are current being considered.
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