John H. Holland
John Henry Holland (born February 2, 1929 in Fort Wayne , Indiana , † August 9, 2015 in Ann Arbor , Michigan ) was an American computer scientist.
He studied physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a bachelor's degree in 1950 and mathematics at the University of Michigan with a master's degree in 1954, where he received his doctorate in 1959 under Arthur Burks (Cycles in Logical Nets). He taught psychology , electrical engineering and computer science as a professor at the University of Michigan.
He is considered the founder of the genetic algorithm for solving complex optimization problems and the evolutionary algorithm . He is also a co-founder of the complex adaptive system . His schematic theorem is a central theoretical component of this area.
In 1992 he was a MacArthur Fellow .
Publications
- JH Holland, KJ Holyoak , RE Nisbett & P. Thagard (1986). Induction: Processes of Inference, Learning, and Discovery . Cambridge, MA: MIT Press , ISBN 0-262-58096-9 .
- Adaptation in Natural and Artificial Systems. MIT Press, 1992, ISBN 0-262-58111-6 .
- Hidden Order: How Adaptation Builds Complexity. Helix Books, 1996, ISBN 0-201-44230-2 .
- Emergence . From chaos to order. Oxford University Press, 2000, ISBN 0-19-286211-1 .
Contributions
- A universal computer capable of executing an arbitrary number of subprograms simultaneously. In: Proc. Eastern Joint Comp. Conf. 1959, pp. 108-112.
- Iterative circuit computers. In: Proc. Western Joint Comp. Conf. 1960, pp. 259-265.
- Outline for a logical theory of adaptive systems. In: JACM. Vol 9, No. 3, 1962, pp. 279-314.
- Hierarchical descriptions, universal spaces, and adaptive systems. In: Arthur W. Burks (Ed.): Essays on Cellular Automata . University of Illinois Press, 1970.
- Using Classifier Systems to Study Adaptive Nonlinear Networks. In: Daniel L. Stein (Ed.): Lectures in the Sciences of Complexity. Addison-Wesley, 1989.
- Concerning the Emergence of Tag-Mediated Lookahead in Classifier Systems. In: Stephanie Forrest (Ed.): Emergent Computation: self-organizing, collective, and cooperative phenomena in natural and computing networks. MIT Press, 1991.
- The Royal Road for Genetic Algorithms: Fitness Landscapes and GA Performance. In: Francisco J. Varela, Paul Bourgine (Ed.): Toward a Practice of Autonomous Systems: proceedings of the first European conference on Artificial Life. MIT Press, 1992.
- Echoing Emergence: objectives, rough definitions, and speculations for ECHO-class models. In: George A. Cowan, David Pines, David Meltzer (Eds.): Complexity: metaphors, models, and reality. Addison-Wesley, 1994. ( Table of Contents )
- Can There Be A Unified Theory of Complex Adaptive Systems? In: Harold J. Morowitz, Jerome L. Singer (Eds.): The Mind, The Brain, and Complex Adaptive Systems. Addison-Wesley, 1995.
- Board games. In: John Brockman (Ed.): The Greatest Inventions of the Past 2000 Years. Phoenix, 2000.
- What is to Come and How to Predict It. In: John Brockman (Ed.): The Next Fifty Years: science in the first half of the twenty-first century. Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2002.
Web links
- Biography of John Henry Holland
- Bibliography by John Henry Holland
- Echo project Santa Fe Institute
- Complexity science pioneer John Holland passes away at 86
Individual evidence
- ↑ John H. Holland in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Holland, John H. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Holland, John Henry (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American computer scientist, co-founder of the genetic algorithm |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 2, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fort Wayne , Indiana |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 9, 2015 |
| Place of death | Ann Arbor , Michigan |