In what is a hugely exciting and fast developing field, here is the first complete overview, covering all algorithm variants. It contains easily accessed reference information on the current state-of-the-art in a wide range of related topics, too.
From the reviews:
"This is intended primarily as a textbook for lecturers and graduate and undergraduate students but will certainly attract a wider readership. The authors explain that each of them has many years of teaching experience, and has given instruction on Evolutionary Computing (EC) ... and they realised the need for a suitable textbook and decided to write this one. ... Beside serving as an introduction the book is a guide to the state-of-the art. ... This is a well-produced and very useful book." (Alex M. Andrew, Robotica, Vol. 22, 2004)