This book brings together some of the most impactful researchers in the field of genetic programming (GP), each one working on unique and interesting intersections of theoretical development and practical applications of this evolutionary-based machine learning paradigm. Topics of particular interest for this year´s book include powerful modeling techniques through GP-based symbolic regression, novel selection mechanisms that help guide the evolutionary process, modular approaches to GP, and applications in cybersecurity, biomedicine, and program synthesis, as well as papers by practitioner of GP that focus on usability and real-world results. In summary, readers will get a glimpse of the current state-of-the-art in GP research.

Provides a unique combination of theoretical contributions and state-of-the-art real-world problem solving with GP Explores the intersection of GP, and evolutionary computation, with machine learning and deep learning methods Includes novel selection strategies, modular architectures, and unique fitness assignment strategies

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Chapter 1. Representation & Reachability: Assumption Impact in Data Modeling.- Chapter 2. EvoFeat: Genetic Programming-based Feature Engineering Approach to Tabular Data Classification.- Chapter 3. Deep Learning-Based Operators for Evolutionary Algorithms.- Chapter 4. Survey of Genetic Programming and Large Language Models.- Chapter 5. Evolving Many-Model Agents with Vector and Matrix Operations in Tangled Program Graphs.- Chapter 6. Automatic Design of Autoencoders using NeuroEvolution.- Chapter 7. Code Building Genetic Programming is Faster than PushGP.- Chapter 8. Sharpness-Aware Minimization in Genetic Programming.- Chapter 9. Tree-Based Grammatical Evolution with Non-Encoding Nodes.- Chapter 10. Genetic Programming with Memory for Approximate Data Reconstruction.- Chapter 11. Ratcheted Random Search for Self-Programming Boolean Networks.- Chapter 12. Exploring Non-Bloating Geometric Semantic Genetic Programming.- Chapter 13. Revisiting Gradient-based Local Search in Symbolic Regression.- Chapter 14. It's Time to Revisit the Use of FPGAs for Genetic Programming.- Chapter 15. Interpretable Genetic Programming Models for Real-World
Biomedical Images.- Chapter 16. Crafting Generative Art through Genetic Improvement: Managing Creative Outputs in Diverse Fitness Landscapes.- Chapter 17. Cell Regulation and the Early Evolution of Autonomous Control.- Chapter 18. How to Measure Explainability and Interpretability of Machine Learning Results.- Chapter 19. Lexicase Selection Parameter Analysis: Varying Population Size and Test Case Redundancy with Diagnostic Metrics.- Chapter 20. Using lineage age to augment search space exploration in lexicase selection.