abstract = "Many GECCO papers discuss lessons learned in a
particular application, but few papers discuss lessons
learned over an ensemble of problem areas. A scan of
the tables of contents of the Proceedings from GECCO
2005 and 2006 showed no paper title stressing lessons
learned although the term {"}pitfall{"} appeared
occasionally in abstracts, typically applying to a
particular practice. We present in this paper a set of
broadly applicable {"}lessons learned{"} in the
application of evolutionary computing (EC) techniques
to a variety of problem areas and present advice
related to encoding, running, monitoring, and managing
an evolutionary computing task.",