PETER WATHYN - JONES

However, in the absence of this tool, the Swiss Army knife may be
more suitable as a substitute. For example, to cut a piece of bread the kitchen knife is more
suitable, but when traveling the Swiss Army knife is fine.
Similarly, when a problemto be solved froma domain where the problem-specific knowledge
is absent evolutionary algorithms can be successfully applied. Evolutionary algorithms are
easy to implement and often provide adequate solutions.