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# Genetic Algorithms

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In this section, we’ll look at genetic algorithms.

We will cover the following:

* [What Is a Genetic Algorithm?](/02-deeper-dive/02-04_genetic-algorithms/02-04-01_what-is-a-genetic-algorithm.md)
* [Inizialization Phase](/02-deeper-dive/02-04_genetic-algorithms/02-04-02_initialization-phase.md)
* [Evaluation Phase](/02-deeper-dive/02-04_genetic-algorithms/02-04-03_evaluation-phase.md)
* [Selection Phase](/02-deeper-dive/02-04_genetic-algorithms/02-04-04_selection-phase.md)
* [Crossover Phase](/02-deeper-dive/02-04_genetic-algorithms/02-04-05_crossover-phase.md)
* [Mutation Phase](/02-deeper-dive/02-04_genetic-algorithms/02-04-06_mutation-phase.md)