遗传算法是计算数学中用于解决最佳化的搜索算法，是进化算法的一种。进化算法最初是借鉴了进化生物学中的一些现象而发展起来的，这些现象包括遗传、突变、自然选择以及杂交等。遗传算法通常实现方式为一种计算机模拟。(Genetic algorithm (GA) is a search algorithm for solving optimization in computational mathematics. It is a kind of evolutionary algorithm. Evolutionary algorithms were originally developed by drawing on some phenomena in evolutionary biology, including inheritance, mutation, natural selection, and hybridization. The genetic algorithm is usually implemented as a computer simulation.)