robust<\/em> solutions as much as evolve (close to) optimal solutions. While there are lots of issues (which Paul raised and acknowledges) about what “robust” exactly means and how all this depends on problems and representations, the basic idea seems to make some intuitive sense. Any process that has to act in a noisy or stochastic environment needs to be robust to a degree against that noise, which makes it seem plausible that (given the correct representation and operators) evolution would be fairly good at generating solutions that are robust to other forms of change.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nSoon it’s tea and cake, and then we’re back in for the afternoon session! Huzzah!
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