Foundations of Genetic Programming Book

[Ilknur Icke]

First of all, thank you for making this great book available for free!

My question is about the other book 'Foundations of Genetic
Programming' by Langdon and Poli. I understand that this is a 2002
book but Amazon.com has a paperwork edition that is dated 2010. So,
what I'd like to know is if this is an updated version since 2002 or
just the same book in paperback? I'd like to buy a copy but could not
decide which one to go for and Amazon.com does not specify the
difference between these two editions.

Finally, is there a chance this book is also available online
somewhere?

Best Regards,
I. Icke

[Nic McPhee]

I'm not one of the authors of that book, but I'm fairly certain that
they haven't updated it since the original publication. I hadn't heard
that Springer had released a paperback edition either, but if they did
I don't think it has any new material.

As a non-author, I can strongly recommend their book. Some of the
material is a bit dated now, but it's still got a ton of good content
and summarizes a lot of important work.

I should also plug the 10th anniversary issue of the journal of
Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines which is available for free
in its entirety until the end of July (just a few more days!)

http://gpemjournal.blogspot.com/2010/07/gpem-1134-anniversary-special-issue.html

This includes, among many other things, a lengthy summary of the state
of GP theory.

Thanks!

Nic

[Riccardo Poli]

Hi,

As Nic wrote, we have not produced a second edition of the book. So,
paperback and hard-cover versions must be the same. I'm not sure why the
paperback version gets a 2010 publication date. (Actually, I did not
know Springer were going to produce a paperback version, but maybe I was
told or asked some time ago and I've forgotten.)

Many thanks for your interest in our books.

Riccardo