<s>
Cultural	B-Algorithm
algorithms	I-Algorithm
(	O
CA	O
)	O
are	O
a	O
branch	O
of	O
evolutionary	O
computation	O
where	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
knowledge	O
component	O
that	O
is	O
called	O
the	O
belief	O
space	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
population	O
component	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
sense	O
,	O
cultural	B-Algorithm
algorithms	I-Algorithm
can	O
be	O
seen	O
as	O
an	O
extension	O
to	O
a	O
conventional	O
genetic	B-Algorithm
algorithm	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cultural	B-Algorithm
algorithms	I-Algorithm
were	O
introduced	O
by	O
Reynolds	O
(	O
see	O
references	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
belief	O
space	O
of	O
a	O
cultural	B-Algorithm
algorithm	I-Algorithm
is	O
divided	O
into	O
distinct	O
categories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
categories	O
represent	O
different	O
domains	O
of	O
knowledge	O
that	O
the	O
population	O
has	O
of	O
the	O
search	B-Application
space	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
belief	O
space	O
is	O
updated	O
after	O
each	O
iteration	B-Algorithm
by	O
the	O
best	O
individuals	O
of	O
the	O
population	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
best	O
individuals	O
can	O
be	O
selected	O
using	O
a	O
fitness	O
function	O
that	O
assesses	O
the	O
performance	O
of	O
each	O
individual	O
in	O
population	O
much	O
like	O
in	O
genetic	B-Algorithm
algorithms	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Domain	O
specific	O
knowledge	O
Information	O
about	O
the	O
domain	O
of	O
the	O
cultural	B-Algorithm
algorithm	I-Algorithm
problem	O
is	O
applied	O
to	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Temporal	O
knowledge	O
History	O
of	O
the	O
search	B-Application
space	I-Application
-	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
population	O
component	O
of	O
the	O
cultural	B-Algorithm
algorithm	I-Algorithm
is	O
approximately	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
genetic	B-Algorithm
algorithm	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cultural	B-Algorithm
algorithms	I-Algorithm
require	O
an	O
interface	O
between	O
the	O
population	O
and	O
belief	O
space	O
.	O
</s>
