abstract = "In terms of goal orientedness, selection is the
driving force of Genetic Algorithms (GAs). In contrast
to crossover and mutation, selection is completely
generic, i.e. independent of the actually employed
problem and its representation. GA-selection is usually
implemented as selection for reproduction (parent
selection). In this paper we propose a second selection
step after reproduction which is also absolutely
problem independent. This self-adaptive selection
mechanism, which will be referred to as offspring
selection, is closely related to the general selection
model of population genetics. As the problem- and
representation-specific implementation of reproduction
in GAs (crossover) is often critical in terms of
preservation of essential genetic information,
offspring selection has proven to be very suited for
improving the global solution quality and robustness
concerning parameter settings and operators of GAs in
various fields of applications. The experimental part
of the paper discusses the potential of the new
selection model exemplarily on the basis of
standardized real-valued test functions in high
dimensions",