Parallelization of Evolutionary Algorithms

Fifteen weeks ago I began to engage in the principles of evolutionary computation. The acquirement of the required knowledge to do the investigations and to write this thesis was a demanding but valuable experience. The field of evolutionary algorithms is fascinating and the possibilities they offer are nearly boundless. Towards the end of the time reserved for this thesis, I had to detain myself not to do more interesting experiments, in order to have enough time for writing. I would like to thank my two tutors Johannes Bader and Dimo Brockhoff for their competent help in the literature research, the assistance in writing this thesis and the clarifying discussions