Genetic algorithms use genetic operators like mutation and crossover to evolve molecules. The researchers developed new programming concepts to apply genetic operators to reduced molecule representations to enable powerful molecular evolution. They introduced genetic operators that produce variation in reduced representations as a fundamental process for molecular evolution.

1. Evolution of Molecules Using Genetic Operators on Reduced Molecules
Vladimir Sykora, Damjan Krstajic, Robert Leahy, David Leahy
Genetic Operators
Introduction The genetic operators are the fundamental processes in genetic algorithms. These produce the
New programming concepts has been applied in this work to the development of powerful and
variation in the genetic material necessary in the process of evolution. The two fundamental