RECOMBINATION
Charles François (2004). RECOMBINATION, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(2): 2747.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(2) |
| ID | ◀ 2747 ▶ |
| Object type | Discipline oriented, General information, Methodology or model |
A process of generation of new elements or new rules in an adaptive system .
The system may be a biological species, a genome, an artificial life unit, or a pattern recognition device, or even conjecturally a set of memes .
In J. HOLLAND's terms recombination “implements” a “pervasive heuristics ” (1992, p.197)
In nearly all cases, recombination may affect in a positive way the adaptive character of the goal-seeking system , because “it provides a powerful mechanism for discovering and exploiting useful schemata ”(Ibid. p. 191).
However, in some cases, it may have negative effects , as in the conjugation of two similar recessive pathogenic alleles.