<s>
Evolutionary	B-Algorithm
programming	I-Algorithm
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
four	O
major	O
evolutionary	B-Algorithm
algorithm	I-Algorithm
paradigms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
genetic	B-Algorithm
programming	I-Algorithm
,	O
but	O
the	O
structure	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
to	O
be	O
optimized	O
is	O
fixed	O
,	O
while	O
its	O
numerical	O
parameters	O
are	O
allowed	O
to	O
evolve	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
used	O
by	O
Lawrence	O
J	O
.	O
Fogel	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
in	O
1960	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
use	O
simulated	O
evolution	O
as	O
a	O
learning	O
process	O
aiming	O
to	O
generate	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Fogel	O
used	O
finite-state	B-Architecture
machines	I-Architecture
as	O
predictors	O
and	O
evolved	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
evolutionary	B-Algorithm
programming	I-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
wide	O
evolutionary	O
computing	O
dialect	O
with	O
no	O
fixed	O
structure	O
or	O
(	O
representation	B-Algorithm
)	O
,	O
in	O
contrast	O
with	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
other	O
dialects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
become	O
harder	O
to	O
distinguish	O
from	O
evolutionary	B-Algorithm
strategies	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
