The contributions in this volume are written by the foremost international researchers and practitioners in the GP arena. They examine the similarities and differences between theoretical and empirical results on real-world problems. The text explores the synergy between theory and practice, producing a comprehensive view of the state of the art in GP application.

FINCH: A System for Evolving Java (Bytecode).- Towards Practical Autoconstructive Evolution: Self-Evolution of Problem-Solving Genetic Programming Systems.- The Rubik Cube and GP Temporal Sequence Learning: An Initial Study.- Ensemble Classifiers: AdaBoost and Orthogonal Evolution of Teams.- Covariant Tarpeian Method for Bloat Control in Genetic Programming.- A Survey of Self Modifying Cartesian Genetic Programming.- Abstract Expression Grammar Symbolic Regression.- Age-Fitness Pareto Optimization.- Scalable Symbolic Regression by Continuous Evolution with Very Small Populations.- Symbolic Density Models of One-in-a-Billion Statistical Tails via Importance Sampling and Genetic Programming.- Genetic Programming Transforms in Linear Regression Situations.- Exploiting Expert Knowledge of Protein-Protein Interactions in a Computational Evolution System for Detecting Epistasis.- Composition of Music and Financial Strategies via Genetic Programming.- Evolutionary Art Using Summed Multi-Objective Ranks.