This page catalogues the GAUL documentation. If you have any particular questions not addressed here, please don't hesitate to email me or the GAUL mailing list. Below is the list of documents prepared so far. As you can see, many are presently incomplete... please contact me if you need to know more about any particular aspect of GAUL.

General Information:

• An introduction to genetic algorithms.
• GAUL FAQ.
• Current version of the reference guide: GAUL Reference Guide 0.1849-0. (LAST UPDATED: 7 August 2005)
• Older versions of the reference guide: 0.1847-5, 0.1848-0, 0.1849-0.
• Guide to example programs: GAUL Example Guide 0.1849-0. (LAST UPDATED: 7 August 2005)

Further Information:

• Compilation instructions for Linux/UNIX systems. (LAST UPDATED: 23 February 2005)
• Compilation instructions for Windows with Bloodshed Dev-C++. (LAST UPDATED: 23 February 2005)
• Compilation instructions for Windows with Microsoft Visual C++. (LAST UPDATED: 23 February 2005)
• Distribution licence.
• Table of supported platforms.
• Books about genetic algorithms.
• Why genetic algorithms work - A mathematical treatment [PDF].
• Chromosome similarity measures [PDF].
• Porting GAUL applications to version 0.1847.
• Porting GAUL applications to version 0.1848.

Tutorials:

1. A minimal GAUL program.
2. Darwinian, Baldwinian and Lamarckian evolution.
3. Custom termination criteria.
4. Elitism.
5. GA operators.
6. Selection operators.
7. Multiple populations with migration.
8. Bitstring chromosomes.
9. Built-in chromosome types.
10. Custom chromosome types. (INCOMPLETE)
11. Chromosome comparison and crowding. (INCOMPLETE)
12. Using multiple processors with OpenMP, MPI, threads and forks. (LAST UPDATED: 21 March 2005)
13. S-Lang scripting.
14. Hill climbing.
15. Simulated annealling.
16. Differential evolution. (LAST UPDATED: 14 April 2005)
17. Tabu-search.
18. Simplex search.
19. Evolving a neural network.
20. Storing populations and entities in files.

Reference Information:

• Example programs bundled with GAUL. (OUT-OF-DATE)
• Support functions bundled with and used by GAUL. (INCOMPLETE)
• GAUL chromosome definitions. (INCOMPLETE)
• GAUL selection operators. (INCOMPLETE)
• GAUL mutation operators. (INCOMPLETE)
• GAUL crossover operators. (INCOMPLETE)