Genetic Programming (GP): An Introduction and Practical Application

The focus of this chapter is some general knowledge and application of Genetic Programming (GP) especially in water and environmental science. A brief introduction and literature review of the GP and Genetic Algorithm (GA) are presented. Then the natural process, the basic GP algorithm iteration procedure, and the computational steps of GP algorithm are detailed. Moreover, several main steps of problem-solving in GP process explained. Finally, a pseudo code of GP algorithm is also stated to demonstrate the implementation of this technique.