Maybe, the main idea is the same in diferents species of EA's, are based in the Concept of Neo-Darwinism. Simulate the devolopment of species and applied recombination or mutation operators. it's can solving differents Search and Optimization problems. The three principal paradigms are:
ES (Evolutionary Strategies)
GA (Genetic Algorithms)
EP ( Evolutionary Programming)
each one, it was develop in differents view, but all are powerful.
there're new evolutionary approaches like PSO (particle swarm optimization), DE (Differential Evolution) and ACS (Ant Colony System).
if you interested in known more about some evolutionary techinique, you might send me a mail, after that I am going to response with papers and information about it.
